Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2068

Thursday 6 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 129 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 Wednesday 5 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 6 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

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 17:17 on Wed 5 Dec to 14:42 on Thu 6 Dec.

    2068-12-05T09:16:34Z → 2068-12-06T06:42:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 5th, 11:45–12:33 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 7747 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2068: Thursday 6 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2068 falls on Thursday 6 December. Dvādaśī runs from 17:17 on Wed 5 Dec to 14:42 on Thu 6 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:17 → 22:4211:2048 min11:200 min5 Dec
Chicago03:17 → 00:4211:1848 min11:180 min5 Dec
Jersey City04:17 → 01:4211:2348 min11:240 min5 Dec
Port of Spain05:17 → 02:4211:3348 min11:340 min5 Dec
London09:17 → 06:4211:2748 min11:280 min5 Dec
Durban11:17 → 08:4211:2348 min11:230 min5 Dec
Dubai13:17 → 10:4211:460 min11:460 min6 Dec
Delhi14:47 → 12:1211:480 min11:4824 min6 Dec
Kolkata14:47 → 12:1211:030 min11:0448 min6 Dec
Singapore17:17 → 14:4212:310 min12:3248 min6 Dec
Sydney20:17 → 17:4212:220 min12:2348 min6 Dec
Suva21:17 → 18:4211:330 min11:3448 min6 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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