Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2034

Saturday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 523 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 26 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 27 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 02:46 on Sat 26 Aug to 03:12 on Sun 27 Aug.

    2034-08-25T18:45:55Z → 2034-08-26T19:12:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:55–12:43 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 31389 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2034: Saturday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2034 falls on Saturday 26 August. Dvādaśī runs from 02:46 on Sat 26 Aug to 03:12 on Sun 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 Aug
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/damodara-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:46 → 12:1212:3148 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago13:46 → 14:1212:280 min12:2848 min26 Aug
Jersey City14:46 → 15:1212:340 min12:3448 min26 Aug
Port of Spain14:46 → 15:1211:440 min11:4448 min26 Aug
London19:46 → 20:1212:380 min12:3848 min26 Aug
Durban20:46 → 21:1211:340 min11:3448 min26 Aug
Dubai22:46 → 23:1211:570 min11:5648 min26 Aug
Delhi00:16 → 00:4211:590 min11:5948 min26 Aug
Kolkata00:16 → 00:4211:150 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore02:46 → 03:1212:430 min12:4348 min26 Aug
Sydney04:46 → 05:1211:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva06:46 → 07:1211:450 min11:4448 min26 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
damodara-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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