Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2046

Monday 13 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 347 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 Sunday 12 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 13 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 18:34 on Sun 12 Aug to 18:58 on Mon 13 Aug.

    2046-08-12T10:33:39Z → 2046-08-13T10:58:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 12th, 11:59–12:47 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 20798 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2046: Monday 13 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2046 falls on Monday 13 August. Dvādaśī runs from 18:34 on Sun 12 Aug to 18:58 on Mon 13 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:34 → 03:5812:3448 min12:340 min12 Aug
Chicago05:34 → 05:5812:3148 min12:310 min12 Aug
Jersey City06:34 → 06:5812:3748 min12:370 min12 Aug
Port of Spain06:34 → 06:5811:4748 min11:470 min12 Aug
London11:34 → 11:5812:4148 min12:410 min12 Aug
Durban12:34 → 12:5811:370 min11:3748 min13 Aug
Dubai14:34 → 14:5812:000 min12:0048 min13 Aug
Delhi16:04 → 16:2812:020 min12:0248 min13 Aug
Kolkata16:04 → 16:2811:180 min11:1748 min13 Aug
Singapore18:34 → 18:5812:460 min12:4648 min13 Aug
Sydney20:34 → 20:5811:370 min11:3648 min13 Aug
Suva22:34 → 22:5811:480 min11:4748 min13 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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