Evening of Friday 27 October
Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.
17:23 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:10
Dvādaśī begins 17:20:04
16:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:5919:23
106 of 106 minutes covered
Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2073
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 12 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Friday 27 October
Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Evening of Saturday 28 October
Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 107 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvādaśī runs from 17:20 on Fri 27 Oct to 14:22 on Sat 28 Oct.
2073-10-27T09:20:05Z → 2073-10-28T06:21:34Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:23–19:10 on the 27th, 17:22–19:09 on the 28th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 106 of 106 minutes on the 27th and 0 of 107 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 192 s < 300 s
Ruling
Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2073: Friday 27 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2073 falls on Friday 27 October. Dvādaśī runs from 17:20 on Fri 27 Oct to 14:22 on Sat 28 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It is 3 min 12 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 27 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 27 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 27 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvādaśī | Sunset 27th | Covered | Sunset 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:20 → 23:22 | 18:04 | 105 min | 18:03 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:20 → 01:22 | 17:50 | 108 min | 17:49 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:20 → 02:22 | 17:58 | 107 min | 17:57 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:20 → 02:22 | 17:43 | 98 min | 17:43 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| London | 10:20 → 07:22 | 17:42 | 113 min | 17:40 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Durban | 11:20 → 08:22 | 18:14 | 87 min | 18:15 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:20 → 10:22 | 17:41 | 102 min | 17:41 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:50 → 11:52 | 17:40 | 103 min | 17:39 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:50 → 11:52 | 17:02 | 101 min | 17:01 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:20 → 14:22 | 18:51 | 95 min | 18:50 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:20 → 17:22 | 19:19 | 24 min | 19:20 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Suva | 21:20 → 18:22 | 18:11 | 0 min | 18:11 | 10 min | 28 Oct |