Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2011

Wednesday 7 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 85 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 6 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 7 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

48 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 13:58 on Tue 6 Dec to 16:32 on Wed 7 Dec.

    2011-12-06T05:57:32Z → 2011-12-07T08:32:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 6th, 11:45–12:33 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 5083 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2011: Wednesday 7 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2011 falls on Wednesday 7 December. Dvādaśī runs from 13:58 on Tue 6 Dec to 16:32 on Wed 7 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2011/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 Dec
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/akhanda-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:58 → 00:3211:2048 min11:200 min6 Dec
Chicago23:58 → 02:3211:1748 min11:180 min6 Dec
Jersey City00:58 → 03:3211:2348 min11:240 min6 Dec
Port of Spain01:58 → 04:3211:3348 min11:330 min6 Dec
London05:58 → 08:3211:2748 min11:280 min6 Dec
Durban07:58 → 10:3211:2348 min11:230 min6 Dec
Dubai09:58 → 12:3211:4648 min11:4646 min7 Dec
Delhi11:28 → 14:0211:4848 min11:4848 min7 Dec
Kolkata11:28 → 14:0211:0324 min11:0448 min7 Dec
Singapore13:58 → 16:3212:310 min12:3248 min7 Dec
Sydney16:58 → 19:3212:220 min12:2248 min7 Dec
Suva18:58 → 21:3212:330 min12:3348 min7 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akhanda-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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