Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2059

Wednesday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 350 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 20 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

Midday of Thursday 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

Dvādaśī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 06:07 on Wed 20 Aug to 03:50 on Thu 21 Aug.

    2059-08-19T22:07:08Z → 2059-08-20T19:49:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 21020 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2059: Wednesday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2059 falls on Wednesday 20 August. Dvādaśī runs from 06:07 on Wed 20 Aug to 03:50 on Thu 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2059/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:07 → 12:5012:320 min12:3217 min20 Aug
Chicago17:07 → 14:5012:300 min12:3048 min20 Aug
Jersey City18:07 → 15:5012:360 min12:3548 min20 Aug
Port of Spain18:07 → 15:5011:460 min11:4648 min20 Aug
London23:07 → 20:5012:400 min12:4048 min20 Aug
Durban00:07 → 21:5011:360 min11:3648 min20 Aug
Dubai02:07 → 23:5011:580 min11:5848 min20 Aug
Delhi03:37 → 01:2012:010 min12:0048 min20 Aug
Kolkata03:37 → 01:2011:160 min11:1648 min20 Aug
Singapore06:07 → 03:5012:440 min12:4448 min20 Aug
Sydney08:07 → 05:5011:350 min11:3548 min20 Aug
Suva10:07 → 07:5011:460 min11:4648 min20 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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