Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2022

Saturday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 37 minutes.

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Friday 21 October

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:32 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:16
17:0817:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:32

0 of 104 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 22 October

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:30 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:15
17:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

105 of 105 minutes covered

Dvādaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 19:53 on Fri 21 Oct to 20:33 on Sat 22 Oct.

    2022-10-21T11:53:11Z → 2022-10-22T12:33:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:32–19:16 on the 21st, 17:30–19:15 on the 22nd.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 104 minutes on the 21st and 105 of 105 on the 22nd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2227 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2022: Saturday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2022 falls on Saturday 22 October. Dvādaśī runs from 19:53 on Fri 21 Oct to 20:33 on Sat 22 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 21 Oct
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/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīSunset 21stCoveredSunset 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:53 → 05:3318:11103 min18:100 min21 Oct
Chicago06:53 → 07:3318:00106 min17:580 min21 Oct
Jersey City07:53 → 08:3318:07105 min18:050 min21 Oct
Port of Spain07:53 → 08:3317:4697 min17:450 min21 Oct
London12:53 → 13:3317:55110 min17:520 min21 Oct
Durban13:53 → 14:3318:0988 min18:100 min21 Oct
Dubai15:53 → 16:3317:46101 min17:460 min21 Oct
Delhi17:23 → 18:0317:45101 min17:4419 min21 Oct
Kolkata17:23 → 18:0317:0683 min17:0657 min21 Oct
Singapore19:53 → 20:3318:5134 min18:5195 min21 Oct
Sydney22:53 → 23:3319:130 min19:1487 min22 Oct
Suva23:53 → 00:3318:090 min18:0991 min22 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govatsa-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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