Evening of Saturday 7 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule takes the first.
17:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:01
16:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:12
109 of 109 minutes covered
Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2015
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 13 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Saturday 7 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule takes the first.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Evening of Sunday 8 November
Qualifies with 110 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvādaśī runs from 16:17 on Sat 7 Nov to 19:02 on Sun 8 Nov.
2015-11-07T08:17:20Z → 2015-11-08T11:01:45Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:12–19:01 on the 7th, 17:11–19:01 on the 8th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 7th and 110 of 110 on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 73 s < 300 s
Ruling
Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2015: Saturday 7 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2015 falls on Saturday 7 November. Dvādaśī runs from 16:17 on Sat 7 Nov to 19:02 on Sun 8 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 110 minutes; by the rule the first evening is taken. It is 1 min 13 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 7 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 7 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 7 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 12 Govatsa dvadasi (pradosa vyapini). If occurs on two days, it is to be observed on the first day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvādaśī | Sunset 7th | Covered | Sunset 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:17 → 03:02 | 16:55 | 107 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Chicago | 02:17 → 05:02 | 16:38 | 111 min | 16:37 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Jersey City | 03:17 → 06:02 | 16:46 | 111 min | 16:45 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 04:17 → 07:02 | 17:40 | 99 min | 17:40 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| London | 08:17 → 11:02 | 16:23 | 118 min | 16:22 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Durban | 10:17 → 13:02 | 18:22 | 85 min | 18:23 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Dubai | 12:17 → 15:02 | 17:35 | 103 min | 17:34 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Delhi | 13:47 → 16:32 | 17:32 | 105 min | 17:31 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Kolkata | 13:47 → 16:32 | 16:56 | 103 min | 16:55 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Singapore | 16:17 → 19:02 | 18:50 | 96 min | 18:50 | 12 min | 7 Nov |
| Sydney | 19:17 → 22:02 | 19:28 | 83 min | 19:29 | 83 min | 7 Nov |
| Suva | 21:17 → 00:02 | 19:15 | 0 min | 19:16 | 89 min | 8 Nov |