Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2065

Wednesday 9 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 312 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 8 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 9 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 17:46 on Tue 8 Dec to 20:08 on Wed 9 Dec.

    2065-12-08T09:46:25Z → 2065-12-09T12:07:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 8th, 11:47–12:35 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 18738 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2065: Wednesday 9 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2065 falls on Wednesday 9 December. Dvādaśī runs from 17:46 on Tue 8 Dec to 20:08 on Wed 9 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2065/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:46 → 04:0811:2148 min11:220 min8 Dec
Chicago03:46 → 06:0811:1948 min11:190 min8 Dec
Jersey City04:46 → 07:0811:2548 min11:250 min8 Dec
Port of Spain05:46 → 08:0811:3448 min11:350 min8 Dec
London09:46 → 12:0811:2948 min11:2938 min9 Dec
Durban11:46 → 14:0811:2426 min11:2548 min9 Dec
Dubai13:46 → 16:0811:470 min11:4748 min9 Dec
Delhi15:16 → 17:3811:490 min11:5048 min9 Dec
Kolkata15:16 → 17:3811:050 min11:0548 min9 Dec
Singapore17:46 → 20:0812:330 min12:3348 min9 Dec
Sydney20:46 → 23:0812:230 min12:2448 min9 Dec
Suva21:46 → 00:0811:340 min11:3548 min9 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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