Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2036

Sunday 3 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 510 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Sunday 3 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 4 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 01:33 on Sun 3 Aug to 03:30 on Mon 4 Aug.

    2036-08-02T17:33:18Z → 2036-08-03T19:29:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 3rd, 12:00–12:48 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 30610 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2036: Sunday 3 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2036 falls on Sunday 3 August. Dvādaśī runs from 01:33 on Sun 3 Aug to 03:30 on Mon 4 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:33 → 12:3012:3548 min12:350 min2 Aug
Chicago12:33 → 14:3012:3347 min12:3248 min2 Aug
Jersey City13:33 → 15:3012:380 min12:3848 min3 Aug
Port of Spain13:33 → 15:3011:480 min11:4848 min3 Aug
London18:33 → 20:3012:420 min12:4248 min3 Aug
Durban19:33 → 21:3011:380 min11:3848 min3 Aug
Dubai21:33 → 23:3012:010 min12:0148 min3 Aug
Delhi23:03 → 01:0012:030 min12:0348 min3 Aug
Kolkata23:03 → 01:0011:190 min11:1948 min3 Aug
Singapore01:33 → 03:3012:470 min12:4748 min3 Aug
Sydney03:33 → 05:3011:380 min11:3848 min3 Aug
Suva05:33 → 07:3011:490 min11:4948 min3 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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