Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2023

Thursday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 123 minutes.

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The two evenings

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

Evening of Thursday 9 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:10 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:00
16:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:34

110 of 110 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 10 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:09 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:59
16:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:33

0 of 110 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 13:12 on Thu 9 Nov to 15:06 on Fri 10 Nov.

    2023-11-09T05:12:12Z → 2023-11-10T07:06:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:10–19:00 on the 9th, 17:09–18:59 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 110 of 110 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 110 on the 10th.

    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 7366 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2023: Thursday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2023 falls on Thursday 9 November. Dvādaśī runs from 13:12 on Thu 9 Nov to 15:06 on Fri 10 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 Nov
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 9thCoveredSunset 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:12 → 23:0616:53108 min16:520 min9 Nov
Chicago23:12 → 01:0616:35112 min16:340 min9 Nov
Jersey City00:12 → 02:0616:44111 min16:430 min9 Nov
Port of Spain01:12 → 03:0617:4099 min17:400 min9 Nov
London05:12 → 07:0616:20119 min16:180 min9 Nov
Durban07:12 → 09:0618:2484 min18:250 min9 Nov
Dubai09:12 → 11:0617:34104 min17:330 min9 Nov
Delhi10:42 → 12:3617:30105 min17:300 min9 Nov
Kolkata10:42 → 12:3616:55103 min16:550 min9 Nov
Singapore13:12 → 15:0618:5096 min18:500 min9 Nov
Sydney16:12 → 18:0619:3082 min19:310 min9 Nov
Suva17:12 → 19:0618:1689 min18:1749 min9 Nov
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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