Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2086

Saturday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 291 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 2 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:05
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

108 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 3 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

0 of 108 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 09:53 on Sat 2 Nov to 12:25 on Sun 3 Nov.

    2086-11-02T01:52:50Z → 2086-11-03T04:24:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–19:05 on the 2nd, 17:15–19:04 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 108 on the 3rd.

    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 17431 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2086: Saturday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2086 falls on Saturday 2 November. Dvādaśī runs from 09:53 on Sat 2 Nov to 12:25 on Sun 3 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2086/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 Nov
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 2ndCoveredSunset 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:53 → 21:2517:59106 min16:580 min1 Nov
Chicago20:53 → 23:2517:43110 min16:420 min2 Nov
Jersey City21:53 → 00:2517:51109 min16:500 min2 Nov
Port of Spain21:53 → 00:2517:4198 min17:410 min2 Nov
London01:53 → 04:2516:31116 min16:290 min2 Nov
Durban03:53 → 06:2518:1985 min18:200 min2 Nov
Dubai05:53 → 08:2517:37103 min17:370 min2 Nov
Delhi07:23 → 09:5517:35104 min17:340 min2 Nov
Kolkata07:23 → 09:5516:58102 min16:580 min2 Nov
Singapore09:53 → 12:2518:5096 min18:500 min2 Nov
Sydney12:53 → 15:2519:2484 min19:250 min2 Nov
Suva13:53 → 16:2518:1390 min18:140 min2 Nov
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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