Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2011

Wednesday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 568 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 10 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 11 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 02:31 on Wed 10 Aug to 02:03 on Thu 11 Aug.

    2011-08-09T18:31:19Z → 2011-08-10T18:03:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 10th, 11:59–12:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 34079 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2011: Wednesday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2011 falls on Wednesday 10 August. Dvādaśī runs from 02:31 on Wed 10 Aug to 02:03 on Thu 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 Aug
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/damodara-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:31 → 11:0312:3448 min12:340 min9 Aug
Chicago13:31 → 13:0312:320 min12:3232 min10 Aug
Jersey City14:31 → 14:0312:380 min12:3748 min10 Aug
Port of Spain14:31 → 14:0311:480 min11:4748 min10 Aug
London19:31 → 19:0312:420 min12:4148 min10 Aug
Durban20:31 → 20:0311:380 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Dubai22:31 → 22:0312:000 min12:0048 min10 Aug
Delhi00:01 → 23:3312:020 min12:0248 min10 Aug
Kolkata00:01 → 23:3311:180 min11:1848 min10 Aug
Singapore02:31 → 02:0312:460 min12:4648 min10 Aug
Sydney04:31 → 04:0311:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Suva06:31 → 06:0311:480 min11:4848 min10 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
damodara-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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