Afternoon of Sunday 14 October
Amāvasyā is absent from aparāhṇa. Not taken.
13:11 aparāhṇa beginsaparāhṇa ends 15:26
12:4713:1113:3513:5914:2314:4715:1115:3515:59
0 of 135 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahālaya Amāvāsyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvāsyā) · 2012
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 277 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aparāhṇa is 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas.
Afternoon of Sunday 14 October
Amāvasyā is absent from aparāhṇa. Not taken.
0 of 135 minutes covered
Afternoon of Monday 15 October
Taken. The only afternoon Amāvasyā reaches.
134 of 134 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:03 on Sun 14 Oct to 20:03 on Mon 15 Oct.
2012-10-14T15:02:45Z → 2012-10-15T12:02:31Z
Kāla
Aparāhṇa is 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas: 13:11–15:26 on the 14th, 13:11–15:25 on the 15th.
aparahna: day-muhurta-10-12 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during aparāhṇa. It covers 0 of 135 minutes on the 14th and 134 of 134 on the 15th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 16642 s
Ruling
Mahālaya Amāvāsyā, Baoding, 2012: Monday 15 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahālaya Amāvāsyā 2012 falls on Monday 15 October. Amāvasyā runs from 23:03 on Sun 14 Oct to 20:03 on Mon 15 Oct and covers all of aparāhṇa that afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 15 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 15 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 15 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahalaya-amavasya · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 30 Mahalaya amavasya (aparahnavyapini)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103. The note on p. 106 gives the first day in a decreasing tithimāna and the second in an increasing one, when amāvāsyā covers the whole of aparāhṇa on both days; tithimāna is not computed.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Amāvasyā | Aparāhṇa 14th | Covered | Aparāhṇa 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:03 → 05:03 | 13:47 | 136 min | 13:46 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:03 → 07:03 | 13:43 | 133 min | 13:42 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:03 → 08:03 | 13:49 | 134 min | 13:48 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 11:03 → 08:03 | 13:03 | 143 min | 13:03 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| London | 16:03 → 13:03 | 13:50 | 0 min | 13:50 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Durban | 17:03 → 14:03 | 12:59 | 0 min | 12:59 | 64 min | 15 Oct |
| Dubai | 19:03 → 16:03 | 13:14 | 0 min | 13:14 | 139 min | 15 Oct |
| Delhi | 20:33 → 17:33 | 13:16 | 0 min | 13:15 | 138 min | 15 Oct |
| Kolkata | 20:33 → 17:33 | 12:32 | 0 min | 12:32 | 140 min | 15 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:03 → 20:03 | 14:03 | 0 min | 14:03 | 145 min | 15 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:03 → 23:03 | 13:59 | 0 min | 13:59 | 155 min | 15 Oct |
| Suva | 03:03 → 00:03 | 13:07 | 0 min | 13:07 | 150 min | 15 Oct |