Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 2002

Thursday 23 May

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 557 minutes.

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44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 22 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:48  13:36 madhyāhna ends
12:0012:2412:4813:1213:3614:0014:24

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 23 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:49  13:37 madhyāhna ends
12:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:0114:25

48 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 01:49 on Thu 23 May to 22:54 on Thu 23 May.

    2002-05-22T22:48:45Z → 2002-05-23T19:53:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:48–13:36 on the 22nd, 12:49–13:37 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 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 33417 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Bucharest, 2002: Thursday 23 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 2002 falls on Thursday 23 May. Dvādaśī runs from 01:49 on Thu 23 May to 22:54 on Thu 23 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2002/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 May
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:49 → 12:5412:260 min12:2628 min23 May
Chicago17:49 → 14:5412:230 min12:2448 min23 May
Jersey City18:49 → 15:5412:290 min12:2948 min23 May
Port of Spain18:49 → 15:5411:390 min11:3948 min23 May
London23:49 → 20:5412:340 min12:3448 min23 May
Durban00:49 → 21:5411:280 min11:2848 min23 May
Dubai02:49 → 23:5411:510 min11:5248 min23 May
Delhi04:19 → 01:2411:540 min11:5448 min23 May
Kolkata04:19 → 01:2411:090 min11:0948 min23 May
Singapore06:49 → 03:5412:370 min12:3748 min23 May
Sydney08:49 → 05:5411:280 min11:2848 min23 May
Suva10:49 → 07:5411:390 min11:3948 min23 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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