Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2053

Monday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 94 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 Monday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 26 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 07:59 on Mon 25 Aug to 10:21 on Tue 26 Aug.

    2053-08-24T23:59:10Z → 2053-08-26T02:21:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 5661 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2053: Monday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2053 falls on Monday 25 August. Dvādaśī runs from 07:59 on Mon 25 Aug to 10:21 on Tue 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:59 → 19:2112:310 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago18:59 → 21:2112:290 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City19:59 → 22:2112:340 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain19:59 → 22:2111:440 min11:440 min25 Aug
London00:59 → 03:2112:380 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban01:59 → 04:2111:340 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai03:59 → 06:2111:570 min11:560 min25 Aug
Delhi05:29 → 07:5111:590 min11:590 min25 Aug
Kolkata05:29 → 07:5111:150 min11:140 min25 Aug
Singapore07:59 → 10:2112:430 min12:420 min25 Aug
Sydney09:59 → 12:2111:340 min11:3348 min25 Aug
Suva11:59 → 14:2111:450 min11:4448 min25 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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