Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 2059

Saturday 24 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 81 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 23 May

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

Midday of Saturday 24 May

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 14:00 on Fri 23 May to 15:23 on Sat 24 May.

    2059-05-23T05:59:47Z → 2059-05-24T07:22:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 23rd, 11:51–12:39 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 4831 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2059: Saturday 24 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 2059 falls on Saturday 24 May. Dvādaśī runs from 14:00 on Fri 23 May to 15:23 on Sat 24 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 May
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/rukmini-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:00 → 00:2312:2648 min12:260 min23 May
Chicago01:00 → 02:2312:2448 min12:240 min23 May
Jersey City02:00 → 03:2312:3048 min12:300 min23 May
Port of Spain02:00 → 03:2311:3948 min11:390 min23 May
London07:00 → 08:2312:3448 min12:340 min23 May
Durban08:00 → 09:2311:2948 min11:290 min23 May
Dubai10:00 → 11:2311:5248 min11:520 min23 May
Delhi11:30 → 12:5311:5448 min11:5448 min23 May
Kolkata11:30 → 12:5311:1028 min11:1048 min23 May
Singapore14:00 → 15:2312:380 min12:3848 min24 May
Sydney16:00 → 17:2311:280 min11:2848 min24 May
Suva18:00 → 19:2311:390 min11:3948 min24 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rukmini-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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