Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 2008

Friday 16 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 491 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 16 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 17 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Dvādaśī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 01:57 on Fri 16 May to 03:40 on Sat 17 May.

    2008-05-15T17:57:07Z → 2008-05-16T19:39:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 16th, 11:51–12:39 on the 17th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 29462 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2008: Friday 16 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 2008 falls on Friday 16 May. Dvādaśī runs from 01:57 on Fri 16 May to 03:40 on Sat 17 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 May
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/rukmini-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:57 → 12:4012:2648 min12:2614 min15 May
Chicago12:57 → 14:4012:2314 min12:2348 min15 May
Jersey City13:57 → 15:4012:290 min12:2948 min16 May
Port of Spain13:57 → 15:4011:380 min11:3948 min16 May
London18:57 → 20:4012:330 min12:3348 min16 May
Durban19:57 → 21:4011:280 min11:2848 min16 May
Dubai21:57 → 23:4011:510 min11:5148 min16 May
Delhi23:27 → 01:1011:540 min11:5448 min16 May
Kolkata23:27 → 01:1011:090 min11:0948 min16 May
Singapore01:57 → 03:4012:370 min12:3748 min16 May
Sydney03:57 → 05:4011:270 min11:2748 min16 May
Suva05:57 → 07:4011:390 min11:3948 min16 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rukmini-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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