Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 2012

Thursday 3 May

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 596 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 Thursday 3 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 4 May

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 01:17 on Thu 3 May to 22:24 on Thu 3 May.

    2012-05-02T17:17:19Z → 2012-05-03T14:24:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:13–12:01 on the 3rd, 11:13–12:01 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 35759 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Daqing, 2012: Thursday 3 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 2012 falls on Thursday 3 May. Dvādaśī runs from 01:17 on Thu 3 May to 22:24 on Thu 3 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2012/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 May
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/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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:17 → 07:2412:2648 min12:260 min2 May
Chicago12:17 → 09:2412:2448 min12:240 min2 May
Jersey City13:17 → 10:2412:300 min12:290 min2 May
Port of Spain13:17 → 10:2411:390 min11:390 min3 May
London18:17 → 15:2412:340 min12:3448 min3 May
Durban19:17 → 16:2411:290 min11:2948 min3 May
Dubai21:17 → 18:2411:520 min11:5248 min3 May
Delhi22:47 → 19:5411:540 min11:5448 min3 May
Kolkata22:47 → 19:5411:100 min11:1048 min3 May
Singapore01:17 → 22:2412:380 min12:3748 min3 May
Sydney03:17 → 00:2411:280 min11:2848 min3 May
Suva05:17 → 02:2411:390 min11:3948 min3 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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