Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2060

Wednesday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 442 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 Wednesday 20 October

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:32 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:16
17:0817:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:32

104 of 104 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 21 October

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:31 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:15
17:0717:3117:5518:1918:4319:0719:31

0 of 105 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 08:21 on Wed 20 Oct to 10:09 on Thu 21 Oct.

    2060-10-20T00:20:32Z → 2060-10-21T02:08:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:32–19:16 on the 20th, 17:31–19:15 on the 21st.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 104 of 104 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 105 on the 21st.

    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 26532 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2060: Wednesday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2060 falls on Wednesday 20 October. Dvādaśī runs from 08:21 on Wed 20 Oct to 10:09 on Thu 21 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2060/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 20 Oct
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 20thCoveredSunset 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:21 → 19:0918:1257 min18:100 min19 Oct
Chicago19:21 → 21:0918:00105 min17:580 min19 Oct
Jersey City20:21 → 22:0918:07105 min18:060 min20 Oct
Port of Spain20:21 → 22:0917:4697 min17:450 min20 Oct
London01:21 → 03:0917:55110 min17:530 min20 Oct
Durban02:21 → 04:0918:0988 min18:100 min20 Oct
Dubai04:21 → 06:0917:47101 min17:460 min20 Oct
Delhi05:51 → 07:3917:46101 min17:450 min20 Oct
Kolkata05:51 → 07:3917:07100 min17:060 min20 Oct
Singapore08:21 → 10:0918:5295 min18:510 min20 Oct
Sydney11:21 → 13:0919:1387 min19:140 min20 Oct
Suva12:21 → 14:0918:0991 min18:090 min20 Oct
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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