Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2038

Wednesday 8 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 177 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 7 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 8 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 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 15:30 on Tue 7 Dec to 18:07 on Wed 8 Dec.

    2038-12-07T07:30:13Z → 2038-12-08T10:06:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 7th, 11:46–12:34 on the 8th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 10610 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2038: Wednesday 8 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2038 falls on Wednesday 8 December. Dvādaśī runs from 15:30 on Tue 7 Dec to 18:07 on Wed 8 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:30 → 02:0711:2148 min11:210 min7 Dec
Chicago01:30 → 04:0711:1848 min11:190 min7 Dec
Jersey City02:30 → 05:0711:2448 min11:240 min7 Dec
Port of Spain03:30 → 06:0711:3448 min11:340 min7 Dec
London07:30 → 10:0711:2848 min11:280 min7 Dec
Durban09:30 → 12:0711:2348 min11:2443 min8 Dec
Dubai11:30 → 14:0711:4648 min11:4748 min8 Dec
Delhi13:00 → 15:3711:480 min11:4948 min8 Dec
Kolkata13:00 → 15:3711:040 min11:0448 min8 Dec
Singapore15:30 → 18:0712:320 min12:3248 min8 Dec
Sydney18:30 → 21:0712:230 min12:2348 min8 Dec
Suva19:30 → 22:0711:340 min11:3448 min8 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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