Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2041

Friday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 458 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 8 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

Midday of Friday 9 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 22:50 on Thu 8 Aug to 20:26 on Fri 9 Aug.

    2041-08-08T14:49:55Z → 2041-08-09T12:25:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 27486 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2041: Friday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2041 falls on Friday 9 August. Dvādaśī runs from 22:50 on Thu 8 Aug to 20:26 on Fri 9 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2041/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:50 → 05:2612:3448 min12:340 min8 Aug
Chicago09:50 → 07:2612:3248 min12:320 min8 Aug
Jersey City10:50 → 08:2612:3848 min12:370 min8 Aug
Port of Spain10:50 → 08:2611:4848 min11:480 min8 Aug
London15:50 → 13:2612:420 min12:4244 min9 Aug
Durban16:50 → 14:2611:380 min11:3848 min9 Aug
Dubai18:50 → 16:2612:000 min12:0048 min9 Aug
Delhi20:20 → 17:5612:030 min12:0248 min9 Aug
Kolkata20:20 → 17:5611:180 min11:1848 min9 Aug
Singapore22:50 → 20:2612:460 min12:4648 min9 Aug
Sydney00:50 → 22:2611:370 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Suva02:50 → 00:2611:480 min11:4848 min9 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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