Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2053

Monday 22 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 419 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 22 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 23 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 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 04:54 on Mon 22 Dec to 02:53 on Tue 23 Dec.

    2053-12-21T20:53:40Z → 2053-12-22T18:52:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 22nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 25148 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2053: Monday 22 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2053 falls on Monday 22 December. Dvādaśī runs from 04:54 on Mon 22 Dec to 02:53 on Tue 23 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:54 → 10:5311:270 min11:280 min22 Dec
Chicago14:54 → 12:5311:250 min11:2648 min22 Dec
Jersey City15:54 → 13:5311:310 min11:3148 min22 Dec
Port of Spain16:54 → 14:5311:400 min11:4148 min22 Dec
London20:54 → 18:5311:350 min11:3548 min22 Dec
Durban22:54 → 20:5311:300 min11:3148 min22 Dec
Dubai00:54 → 22:5311:530 min11:5348 min22 Dec
Delhi02:24 → 00:2311:550 min11:5648 min22 Dec
Kolkata02:24 → 00:2311:110 min11:1148 min22 Dec
Singapore04:54 → 02:5312:390 min12:3948 min22 Dec
Sydney07:54 → 05:5312:290 min12:3048 min22 Dec
Suva08:54 → 06:5311:400 min11:4148 min22 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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