Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2002

Friday 1 November

Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Dvādaśī reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Friday 1 November

Taken. Dvādaśī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.

16:25 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:17
Dvādaśī begins 18:36:49
16:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

0 of 112 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 2 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:24 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:16
16:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:48

0 of 112 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 18:37 on Fri 1 Nov to 15:24 on Sat 2 Nov.

    2002-11-01T10:36:49Z → 2002-11-02T07:24:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:25–18:17 on the 1st, 16:24–18:16 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 112 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 112 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 1186 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Daqing, 2002: Friday 1 November.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2002 falls on Friday 1 November. Dvādaśī runs from 18:37 on Fri 1 Nov to 15:24 on Sat 2 Nov, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2002/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 Nov
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/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 1stCoveredSunset 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:37 → 23:2417:00106 min16:590 min1 Nov
Chicago04:37 → 01:2416:45109 min16:430 min1 Nov
Jersey City05:37 → 02:2416:52109 min16:510 min1 Nov
Port of Spain06:37 → 03:2417:4298 min17:410 min1 Nov
London10:37 → 07:2416:34115 min16:320 min1 Nov
Durban12:37 → 09:2418:1786 min18:180 min1 Nov
Dubai14:37 → 11:2417:38102 min17:380 min1 Nov
Delhi16:07 → 12:5417:36104 min17:350 min1 Nov
Kolkata16:07 → 12:5416:59102 min16:580 min1 Nov
Singapore18:37 → 15:2418:5095 min18:500 min1 Nov
Sydney21:37 → 18:2419:220 min19:230 min1 Nov
Suva22:37 → 19:2418:130 min18:1371 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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