Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2083

Tuesday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 606 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 24 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 25 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 01:50 on Tue 24 Aug to 23:45 on Tue 24 Aug.

    2083-08-23T17:50:06Z → 2083-08-24T15:44:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 24th, 11:56–12:44 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 36388 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2083: Tuesday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2083 falls on Tuesday 24 August. Dvādaśī runs from 01:50 on Tue 24 Aug to 23:45 on Tue 24 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2083/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:50 → 08:4512:3248 min12:310 min23 Aug
Chicago12:50 → 10:4512:2927 min12:290 min23 Aug
Jersey City13:50 → 11:4512:350 min12:350 min24 Aug
Port of Spain13:50 → 11:4511:450 min11:450 min24 Aug
London18:50 → 16:4512:390 min12:3948 min24 Aug
Durban19:50 → 17:4511:350 min11:3548 min24 Aug
Dubai21:50 → 19:4511:580 min11:5748 min24 Aug
Delhi23:20 → 21:1512:000 min12:0048 min24 Aug
Kolkata23:20 → 21:1511:150 min11:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore01:50 → 23:4512:440 min12:4348 min24 Aug
Sydney03:50 → 01:4511:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva05:50 → 03:4511:450 min11:4548 min24 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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