Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 2097

Wednesday 22 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 357 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 22 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 23 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 04:47 on Wed 22 May to 05:55 on Thu 23 May.

    2097-05-21T20:46:33Z → 2097-05-22T21:54:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 22nd, 11:52–12:40 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 21404 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2097: Wednesday 22 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 2097 falls on Wednesday 22 May. Dvādaśī runs from 04:47 on Wed 22 May to 05:55 on Thu 23 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2097/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 May
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/rukmini-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:47 → 14:5512:260 min12:2648 min22 May
Chicago15:47 → 16:5512:240 min12:2448 min22 May
Jersey City16:47 → 17:5512:300 min12:3048 min22 May
Port of Spain16:47 → 17:5511:390 min11:3948 min22 May
London21:47 → 22:5512:340 min12:3448 min22 May
Durban22:47 → 23:5511:290 min11:2948 min22 May
Dubai00:47 → 01:5511:520 min11:5248 min22 May
Delhi02:17 → 03:2511:540 min11:5448 min22 May
Kolkata02:17 → 03:2511:100 min11:1048 min22 May
Singapore04:47 → 05:5512:380 min12:3848 min22 May
Sydney06:47 → 07:5511:280 min11:2848 min22 May
Suva08:47 → 09:5511:390 min11:3948 min22 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rukmini-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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