Ruling · Vāmana Jayantī · 1908

Monday 7 September

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 34 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 7 September

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:14  12:02 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī begins 10:39:20
10:2610:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:50

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 8 September

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:13  12:01 madhyāhna ends
10:2510:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:49

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 10:39 on Mon 7 Sep to 07:32 on Tue 8 Sep.

    1908-09-07T02:39:21Z → 1908-09-07T23:31:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:14–12:02 on the 7th, 11:13–12:01 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 2062 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vāmana Jayantī, Daqing, 1908: Monday 7 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Vāmana Jayantī 1908 falls on Monday 7 September. Dvādaśī runs from 10:39 on Mon 7 Sep to 07:32 on Tue 8 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1908/vamana-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/vamana-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Visnuparivartanotsava, Sakrotthana (in any of the naksatras U. Asadha, Sravana & Dhanistha), Kalki dvadasi, Sravana dvadasi (when combined with naksatra Sravana), Vamana jayanti (madhyahna vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:39 → 15:3211:2748 min11:260 min7 Sep
Chicago20:39 → 17:3211:2448 min11:240 min7 Sep
Jersey City21:39 → 18:3211:3048 min11:300 min7 Sep
Port of Spain22:39 → 19:3211:4048 min11:400 min7 Sep
London02:39 → 23:3211:3448 min11:340 min7 Sep
Durban04:39 → 01:3211:3048 min11:300 min7 Sep
Dubai06:20 → 03:1311:3448 min11:330 min7 Sep
Delhi08:09 → 05:0211:5548 min11:550 min7 Sep
Kolkata08:09 → 05:0211:1148 min11:100 min7 Sep
Singapore09:39 → 06:3211:3948 min11:380 min7 Sep
Sydney12:39 → 09:3211:300 min11:290 min8 Sep
Suva14:34 → 11:2711:360 min11:350 min8 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vamana-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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