Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2076

Saturday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 250 minutes.

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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 Friday 23 October

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

0 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 24 October

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:12
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

106 of 106 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 23:23 on Fri 23 Oct to 01:25 on Sun 25 Oct.

    2076-10-23T15:22:51Z → 2076-10-24T17:25:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:28–19:13 on the 23rd, 17:27–19:12 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 105 minutes on the 23rd and 106 of 106 on the 24th.

    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 14973 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2076: Saturday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2076 falls on Saturday 24 October. Dvādaśī runs from 23:23 on Fri 23 Oct to 01:25 on Sun 25 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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 23rdCoveredSunset 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:23 → 10:2518:08104 min18:070 min23 Oct
Chicago10:23 → 12:2517:56107 min17:540 min23 Oct
Jersey City11:23 → 13:2518:03106 min18:020 min23 Oct
Port of Spain11:23 → 13:2517:4598 min17:440 min23 Oct
London16:23 → 18:2517:49111 min17:4739 min23 Oct
Durban17:23 → 19:2518:1288 min18:1273 min23 Oct
Dubai19:23 → 21:2517:442 min17:43101 min23 Oct
Delhi20:53 → 22:5517:430 min17:42102 min24 Oct
Kolkata20:53 → 22:5517:040 min17:04101 min24 Oct
Singapore23:23 → 01:2518:510 min18:5195 min24 Oct
Sydney02:23 → 04:2519:160 min19:1686 min24 Oct
Suva03:23 → 05:2518:100 min18:1091 min24 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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