Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2022

Sunday 4 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 196 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 Sunday 4 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 5 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

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 08:05 on Sun 4 Dec to 08:28 on Mon 5 Dec.

    2022-12-04T00:04:52Z → 2022-12-05T00:28:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 4th, 11:44–12:32 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 11774 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2022: Sunday 4 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2022 falls on Sunday 4 December. Dvādaśī runs from 08:05 on Sun 4 Dec to 08:28 on Mon 5 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:05 → 16:2811:1948 min11:200 min4 Dec
Chicago18:05 → 18:2811:1748 min11:170 min4 Dec
Jersey City19:05 → 19:2811:2248 min11:230 min4 Dec
Port of Spain20:05 → 20:2811:3248 min11:330 min4 Dec
London00:05 → 00:2811:2748 min11:270 min4 Dec
Durban02:05 → 02:2811:2248 min11:230 min4 Dec
Dubai04:05 → 04:2811:4548 min11:450 min4 Dec
Delhi05:35 → 05:5811:4748 min11:470 min4 Dec
Kolkata05:35 → 05:5811:0348 min11:030 min4 Dec
Singapore08:05 → 08:2812:3148 min12:310 min4 Dec
Sydney11:05 → 11:2812:2148 min12:220 min4 Dec
Suva12:05 → 12:2811:3215 min11:3348 min5 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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