Ruling · Vāmana Jayantī · 2078

Sunday 18 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 124 minutes.

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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 Sunday 18 September

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 19 September

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

0 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 09:44 on Sun 18 Sep to 08:36 on Mon 19 Sep.

    2078-09-18T01:43:42Z → 2078-09-19T00:36:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 18th, 11:48–12:36 on the 19th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 7468 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vāmana Jayantī, Baoding, 2078: Sunday 18 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vāmana Jayantī 2078 falls on Sunday 18 September. Dvādaśī runs from 09:44 on Sun 18 Sep to 08:36 on Mon 19 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/vamana-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 18 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 18 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 18 Sep
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/vamana-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Visnuparivartanotsava, Sakrotthana (in any of the naksatras U. Asadha, Sravana & Dhanistha), Kalki dvadasi, Sravana dvadasi (when combined with naksatra Sravana), Vamana jayanti (madhyahna vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:44 → 17:3612:2348 min12:220 min18 Sep
Chicago20:44 → 19:3612:2048 min12:200 min18 Sep
Jersey City21:44 → 20:3612:2648 min12:260 min18 Sep
Port of Spain21:44 → 20:3611:3648 min11:360 min18 Sep
London02:44 → 01:3612:3048 min12:300 min18 Sep
Durban03:44 → 02:3611:2648 min11:260 min18 Sep
Dubai05:44 → 04:3611:4948 min11:490 min18 Sep
Delhi07:14 → 06:0611:5148 min11:510 min18 Sep
Kolkata07:14 → 06:0611:0748 min11:060 min18 Sep
Singapore09:44 → 08:3612:3548 min12:350 min18 Sep
Sydney11:44 → 10:3611:2630 min11:250 min18 Sep
Suva13:44 → 12:3611:370 min11:3648 min19 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vamana-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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