Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2056

Tuesday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 205 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 21 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 22 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 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 17:33 on Mon 21 Aug to 16:10 on Tue 22 Aug.

    2056-08-21T09:33:12Z → 2056-08-22T08:09:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 12314 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2056: Tuesday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2056 falls on Tuesday 22 August. Dvādaśī runs from 17:33 on Mon 21 Aug to 16:10 on Tue 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:33 → 01:1012:3248 min12:310 min21 Aug
Chicago04:33 → 03:1012:2948 min12:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City05:33 → 04:1012:3548 min12:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain05:33 → 04:1011:4548 min11:450 min21 Aug
London10:33 → 09:1012:3948 min12:390 min21 Aug
Durban11:33 → 10:1011:3548 min11:350 min21 Aug
Dubai13:33 → 12:1011:580 min11:5713 min22 Aug
Delhi15:03 → 13:4012:000 min12:0048 min22 Aug
Kolkata15:03 → 13:4011:160 min11:1548 min22 Aug
Singapore17:33 → 16:1012:440 min12:4348 min22 Aug
Sydney19:33 → 18:1011:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva21:33 → 20:1011:460 min11:4548 min22 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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