Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1921

Sunday 14 August

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 38 minutes.

Decide it for

MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 14 August

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:25  13:13 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī begins 11:46:05
11:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:01

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 15 August

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:24  13:12 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī ends 13:52:19
11:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:3614:00

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 11:46 on Sun 14 Aug to 13:52 on Mon 15 Aug.

    1921-08-14T06:16:06Z → 1921-08-15T08:22:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:25–13:13 on the 14th, 12:24–13:12 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 2305 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Multan, 1921: Sunday 14 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1921 falls on Sunday 14 August. Dvādaśī runs from 11:46 on Sun 14 Aug to 13:52 on Mon 15 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1921/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/damodara-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:16 → 00:2211:3348 min11:330 min14 Aug
Chicago01:16 → 03:2212:3148 min12:310 min14 Aug
Jersey City02:16 → 04:2212:3748 min12:360 min14 Aug
Port of Spain02:16 → 04:2211:4748 min11:460 min14 Aug
London07:16 → 09:2212:4148 min12:400 min14 Aug
Durban08:16 → 10:2211:3748 min11:360 min14 Aug
Dubai10:16 → 12:2211:5948 min11:5923 min14 Aug
Delhi11:46 → 13:5212:0248 min12:0148 min14 Aug
Kolkata11:46 → 13:5211:1719 min11:1748 min14 Aug
Singapore13:16 → 15:2211:450 min11:4548 min15 Aug
Sydney16:16 → 18:2211:360 min11:3648 min15 Aug
Suva18:16 → 20:2211:470 min11:4748 min15 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
damodara-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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