Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2023

Saturday 23 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 130 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 23 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 24 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 09:42 on Sat 23 Dec to 08:55 on Sun 24 Dec.

    2023-12-23T01:42:27Z → 2023-12-24T00:54:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 23rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 7828 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2023: Saturday 23 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2023 falls on Saturday 23 December. Dvādaśī runs from 09:42 on Sat 23 Dec to 08:55 on Sun 24 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2023/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 23 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 23 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 23 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:42 → 16:5511:2848 min11:290 min23 Dec
Chicago19:42 → 18:5511:2648 min11:260 min23 Dec
Jersey City20:42 → 19:5511:3148 min11:320 min23 Dec
Port of Spain21:42 → 20:5511:4148 min11:420 min23 Dec
London01:42 → 00:5511:3548 min11:360 min23 Dec
Durban03:42 → 02:5511:3148 min11:310 min23 Dec
Dubai05:42 → 04:5511:5448 min11:540 min23 Dec
Delhi07:12 → 06:2511:5648 min11:560 min23 Dec
Kolkata07:12 → 06:2511:1148 min11:120 min23 Dec
Singapore09:42 → 08:5512:3948 min12:400 min23 Dec
Sydney12:42 → 11:5512:3035 min12:300 min23 Dec
Suva13:42 → 12:5511:410 min11:4148 min24 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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