Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2056

Monday 18 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 590 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 18 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 19 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 23:25 on Sun 17 Dec to 02:01 on Tue 19 Dec.

    2056-12-17T15:24:52Z → 2056-12-18T18:01:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 18th, 11:51–12:39 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 35423 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2056: Monday 18 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2056 falls on Monday 18 December. Dvādaśī runs from 23:25 on Sun 17 Dec to 02:01 on Tue 19 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 18 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 18 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:25 → 10:0111:2648 min11:260 min17 Dec
Chicago09:25 → 12:0111:2348 min11:2437 min18 Dec
Jersey City10:25 → 13:0111:2948 min11:2948 min18 Dec
Port of Spain11:25 → 14:0111:3948 min11:3948 min18 Dec
London15:25 → 18:0111:330 min11:3348 min18 Dec
Durban17:25 → 20:0111:280 min11:2948 min18 Dec
Dubai19:25 → 22:0111:510 min11:5248 min18 Dec
Delhi20:55 → 23:3111:530 min11:5448 min18 Dec
Kolkata20:55 → 23:3111:090 min11:0948 min18 Dec
Singapore23:25 → 02:0112:370 min12:3748 min18 Dec
Sydney02:25 → 05:0112:270 min12:2848 min18 Dec
Suva03:25 → 06:0111:390 min11:3948 min18 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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