Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2029

Saturday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 264 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 Friday 2 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:05
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

0 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 3 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

108 of 108 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 02:29 on Sat 3 Nov to 23:28 on Sat 3 Nov.

    2029-11-02T18:28:49Z → 2029-11-03T15:28:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–19:05 on the 2nd, 17:15–19:04 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 108 minutes on the 2nd and 108 of 108 on the 3rd.

    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 15865 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2029: Saturday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2029 falls on Saturday 3 November. Dvādaśī runs from 02:29 on Sat 3 Nov to 23:28 on Sat 3 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2029/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 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 2ndCoveredSunset 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:29 → 08:2817:58106 min17:580 min2 Nov
Chicago13:29 → 10:2817:43110 min17:420 min2 Nov
Jersey City14:29 → 11:2817:51109 min17:500 min2 Nov
Port of Spain14:29 → 11:2817:4198 min17:410 min2 Nov
London18:29 → 15:2816:310 min16:290 min2 Nov
Durban20:29 → 17:2818:190 min18:190 min2 Nov
Dubai22:29 → 19:2817:370 min17:37103 min3 Nov
Delhi23:59 → 20:5817:350 min17:34104 min3 Nov
Kolkata23:59 → 20:5816:580 min16:58102 min3 Nov
Singapore02:29 → 23:2818:500 min18:5096 min3 Nov
Sydney05:29 → 02:2819:240 min19:2584 min3 Nov
Suva06:29 → 03:2818:130 min18:1490 min3 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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