Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2026

Thursday 5 November

Determinatein Dubai, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 509 minutes.

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DubaiDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

25°05′ N 55°19′ E · Asia/Dubai · GeoNames 292223

The two evenings

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

Evening of Thursday 5 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:19
17:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:36

103 of 103 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 6 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:35 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:18
17:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:35

0 of 103 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 09:06 on Thu 5 Nov to 09:01 on Fri 6 Nov.

    2026-11-05T05:06:09Z → 2026-11-06T05:01:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:36–19:19 on the 5th, 17:35–19:18 on the 6th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 103 of 103 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 103 on the 6th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 30564 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Dubai, 2026: Thursday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Dubai, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2026 falls on Thursday 5 November. Dvādaśī runs from 09:06 on Thu 5 Nov to 09:01 on Fri 6 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/dubai/festivals/2026/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Dubai.

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 5thCoveredSunset 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:06 → 21:0116:56107 min16:550 min5 Nov
Chicago23:06 → 23:0116:40111 min16:380 min5 Nov
Jersey City00:06 → 00:0116:48110 min16:460 min5 Nov
Port of Spain01:06 → 01:0117:4198 min17:400 min5 Nov
London05:06 → 05:0116:26117 min16:240 min5 Nov
Durban07:06 → 07:0118:2185 min18:220 min5 Nov
Dubai09:06 → 09:0117:36103 min17:350 min5 Nov
Delhi10:36 → 10:3117:33105 min17:320 min5 Nov
Kolkata10:36 → 10:3116:57102 min16:560 min5 Nov
Singapore13:06 → 13:0118:5096 min18:500 min5 Nov
Sydney16:06 → 16:0119:2683 min19:270 min5 Nov
Suva17:06 → 17:0118:1489 min18:150 min5 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