Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 2023

Tuesday 2 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 603 minutes.

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

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 2 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 3 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 00:40 on Tue 2 May to 01:48 on Wed 3 May.

    2023-05-01T16:40:15Z → 2023-05-02T17:48:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 2nd, 11:51–12:39 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 36176 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2023: Tuesday 2 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 2023 falls on Tuesday 2 May. Dvādaśī runs from 00:40 on Tue 2 May to 01:48 on Wed 3 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 2 May
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/rukmini-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:40 → 10:4812:2648 min12:260 min1 May
Chicago11:40 → 12:4812:2448 min12:2425 min1 May
Jersey City12:40 → 13:4812:3038 min12:3048 min1 May
Port of Spain12:40 → 13:4811:390 min11:3948 min2 May
London17:40 → 18:4812:340 min12:3448 min2 May
Durban18:40 → 19:4811:290 min11:2948 min2 May
Dubai20:40 → 21:4811:520 min11:5248 min2 May
Delhi22:10 → 23:1811:540 min11:5448 min2 May
Kolkata22:10 → 23:1811:100 min11:1048 min2 May
Singapore00:40 → 01:4812:380 min12:3848 min2 May
Sydney02:40 → 03:4811:280 min11:2848 min2 May
Suva04:40 → 05:4811:390 min11:3948 min2 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rukmini-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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