Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2048

Tuesday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 33 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

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

Evening of Monday 2 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

0 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 3 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

109 of 109 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 20:42 on Mon 2 Nov to 19:36 on Tue 3 Nov.

    2048-11-02T12:41:57Z → 2048-11-03T11:36:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–19:04 on the 2nd, 17:15–19:04 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 108 minutes on the 2nd and 109 of 109 on the 3rd.

    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 1972 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2048: Tuesday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2048 falls on Tuesday 3 November. Dvādaśī runs from 20:42 on Mon 2 Nov to 19:36 on Tue 3 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 Nov
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 2ndCoveredSunset 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:42 → 03:3616:58106 min16:570 min2 Nov
Chicago06:42 → 05:3616:42110 min16:410 min2 Nov
Jersey City07:42 → 06:3616:50109 min16:490 min2 Nov
Port of Spain08:42 → 07:3617:4198 min17:410 min2 Nov
London12:42 → 11:3616:30116 min16:280 min2 Nov
Durban14:42 → 13:3618:1985 min18:200 min2 Nov
Dubai16:42 → 15:3617:37103 min17:360 min2 Nov
Delhi18:12 → 17:0617:3567 min17:340 min2 Nov
Kolkata18:12 → 17:0616:5828 min16:579 min2 Nov
Singapore20:42 → 19:3618:500 min18:5046 min3 Nov
Sydney23:42 → 22:3619:240 min19:2584 min3 Nov
Suva00:42 → 23:3618:130 min18:1490 min3 Nov
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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