Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2094

Saturday 18 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 18 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 19 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 07:36 on Sat 18 Dec to 06:09 on Sun 19 Dec.

    2094-12-17T23:36:24Z → 2094-12-18T22:09:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 18th, 11:51–12:39 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. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 15274 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2094: Saturday 18 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2094 falls on Saturday 18 December. Dvādaśī runs from 07:36 on Sat 18 Dec to 06:09 on Sun 19 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2094/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 18 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 18 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 18 Dec
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/akhanda-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:36 → 14:0911:260 min11:2648 min18 Dec
Chicago17:36 → 16:0911:230 min11:2448 min18 Dec
Jersey City18:36 → 17:0911:290 min11:2948 min18 Dec
Port of Spain19:36 → 18:0911:390 min11:3948 min18 Dec
London23:36 → 22:0911:330 min11:3348 min18 Dec
Durban01:36 → 00:0911:280 min11:2948 min18 Dec
Dubai03:36 → 02:0911:510 min11:5248 min18 Dec
Delhi05:06 → 03:3911:530 min11:5448 min18 Dec
Kolkata05:06 → 03:3911:090 min11:0948 min18 Dec
Singapore07:36 → 06:0912:370 min12:3748 min18 Dec
Sydney10:36 → 09:0912:280 min12:2848 min18 Dec
Suva11:36 → 10:0911:390 min11:3948 min18 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akhanda-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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