Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2046

Friday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 480 minutes.

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The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Friday 26 October

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:25 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:11
17:0117:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:25

106 of 106 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 27 October

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:24 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:10
17:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:24

0 of 106 minutes covered

Dvādaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 09:25 on Fri 26 Oct to 06:13 on Sat 27 Oct.

    2046-10-26T01:24:32Z → 2046-10-26T22:13:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:25–19:11 on the 26th, 17:24–19:10 on the 27th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 106 of 106 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 106 on the 27th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 28824 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2046: Friday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2046 falls on Friday 26 October. Dvādaśī runs from 09:25 on Fri 26 Oct to 06:13 on Sat 27 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 Oct
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/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 12 Govatsa dvadasi (pradosa vyapini). If occurs on two days, it is to be observed on the first day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīSunset 26thCoveredSunset 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:25 → 15:1318:060 min18:040 min25 Oct
Chicago20:25 → 17:1317:520 min17:510 min25 Oct
Jersey City21:25 → 18:1318:0014 min17:580 min26 Oct
Port of Spain21:25 → 18:1317:4430 min17:430 min26 Oct
London02:25 → 23:1317:44112 min17:420 min26 Oct
Durban03:25 → 00:1318:1387 min18:140 min26 Oct
Dubai05:25 → 02:1317:42102 min17:410 min26 Oct
Delhi06:55 → 03:4317:41103 min17:400 min26 Oct
Kolkata06:55 → 03:4317:03101 min17:020 min26 Oct
Singapore09:25 → 06:1318:5195 min18:510 min26 Oct
Sydney12:25 → 09:1319:1786 min19:180 min26 Oct
Suva13:25 → 10:1318:1091 min18:110 min26 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govatsa-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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