Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2071

Friday 7 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 569 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Thursday 6 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 7 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 22:17 on Thu 6 Aug to 00:34 on Sat 8 Aug.

    2071-08-06T14:16:52Z → 2071-08-07T16:34:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 6th, 12:00–12:48 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 34128 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2071: Friday 7 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2071 falls on Friday 7 August. Dvādaśī runs from 22:17 on Thu 6 Aug to 00:34 on Sat 8 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2071/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:17 → 09:3412:3548 min12:350 min6 Aug
Chicago09:17 → 11:3412:3248 min12:320 min6 Aug
Jersey City10:17 → 12:3412:3848 min12:380 min6 Aug
Port of Spain10:17 → 12:3411:4848 min11:4846 min6 Aug
London15:17 → 17:3412:420 min12:4248 min7 Aug
Durban16:17 → 18:3411:380 min11:3848 min7 Aug
Dubai18:17 → 20:3412:010 min12:0148 min7 Aug
Delhi19:47 → 22:0412:030 min12:0348 min7 Aug
Kolkata19:47 → 22:0411:190 min11:1848 min7 Aug
Singapore22:17 → 00:3412:470 min12:4748 min7 Aug
Sydney00:17 → 02:3411:380 min11:3748 min7 Aug
Suva02:17 → 04:3411:490 min11:4848 min7 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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