Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2024

Thursday 12 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 488 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 12 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 13 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 03:40 on Thu 12 Dec to 00:57 on Fri 13 Dec.

    2024-12-11T19:39:56Z → 2024-12-12T16:56:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 12th, 11:48–12:36 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 29275 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2024: Thursday 12 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2024 falls on Thursday 12 December. Dvādaśī runs from 03:40 on Thu 12 Dec to 00:57 on Fri 13 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 12 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 12 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:40 → 08:5711:2331 min11:230 min11 Dec
Chicago13:40 → 10:5711:200 min11:210 min12 Dec
Jersey City14:40 → 11:5711:260 min11:2631 min12 Dec
Port of Spain15:40 → 12:5711:360 min11:3648 min12 Dec
London19:40 → 16:5711:300 min11:3048 min12 Dec
Durban21:40 → 18:5711:250 min11:2648 min12 Dec
Dubai23:40 → 20:5711:480 min11:4948 min12 Dec
Delhi01:10 → 22:2711:500 min11:5148 min12 Dec
Kolkata01:10 → 22:2711:060 min11:0648 min12 Dec
Singapore03:40 → 00:5712:340 min12:3448 min12 Dec
Sydney06:40 → 03:5712:250 min12:2548 min12 Dec
Suva07:40 → 04:5711:360 min11:3648 min12 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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