Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2024

Monday 28 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 259 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Monday 28 October

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:22 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:09
16:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:5819:22

107 of 107 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 29 October

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:08
16:5717:2117:4518:0918:3318:5719:21

0 of 107 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 10:21 on Mon 28 Oct to 13:02 on Tue 29 Oct.

    2024-10-28T02:21:16Z → 2024-10-29T05:02:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:22–19:09 on the 28th, 17:21–19:08 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 107 of 107 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 107 on the 29th.

    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 15516 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2024: Monday 28 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2024 falls on Monday 28 October. Dvādaśī runs from 10:21 on Mon 28 Oct to 13:02 on Tue 29 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 28 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 28thCoveredSunset 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:21 → 22:0218:03105 min18:020 min27 Oct
Chicago21:21 → 00:0217:49108 min17:480 min28 Oct
Jersey City22:21 → 01:0217:57108 min17:550 min28 Oct
Port of Spain22:21 → 01:0217:4398 min17:420 min28 Oct
London02:21 → 05:0216:40113 min16:380 min28 Oct
Durban04:21 → 07:0218:1587 min18:160 min28 Oct
Dubai06:21 → 09:0217:40102 min17:400 min28 Oct
Delhi07:51 → 10:3217:39103 min17:380 min28 Oct
Kolkata07:51 → 10:3217:01101 min17:000 min28 Oct
Singapore10:21 → 13:0218:5095 min18:500 min28 Oct
Sydney13:21 → 16:0219:1985 min19:200 min28 Oct
Suva14:21 → 17:0218:1190 min18:120 min28 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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