Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2053

Friday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 28 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 Thursday 6 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:01
16:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:12

0 of 109 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 7 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:01
16:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:11

110 of 110 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 20:21 on Thu 6 Nov to 19:29 on Fri 7 Nov.

    2053-11-06T12:21:12Z → 2053-11-07T11:28:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:12–19:01 on the 6th, 17:11–19:01 on the 7th.

    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 109 minutes on the 6th and 110 of 110 on the 7th.

    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 1692 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2053: Friday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2053 falls on Friday 7 November. Dvādaśī runs from 20:21 on Thu 6 Nov to 19:29 on Fri 7 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 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 6thCoveredSunset 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:21 → 03:2916:55107 min16:540 min6 Nov
Chicago06:21 → 05:2916:38111 min16:370 min6 Nov
Jersey City07:21 → 06:2916:46110 min16:450 min6 Nov
Port of Spain08:21 → 07:2917:4099 min17:400 min6 Nov
London12:21 → 11:2916:24118 min16:220 min6 Nov
Durban14:21 → 13:2918:2285 min18:230 min6 Nov
Dubai16:21 → 15:2917:35103 min17:340 min6 Nov
Delhi17:51 → 16:5917:3286 min17:310 min6 Nov
Kolkata17:51 → 16:5916:5647 min16:563 min6 Nov
Singapore20:21 → 19:2918:504 min18:5039 min6 Nov
Sydney23:21 → 22:2919:280 min19:2983 min7 Nov
Suva00:21 → 23:2918:150 min18:1689 min7 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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