Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 2001

Friday 4 May

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 604 minutes.

Decide it for

35°42′ N 51°25′ E · Asia/Tehran · GeoNames 112931

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 3 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:37  13:25 madhyāhna ends
11:4912:1312:3713:0113:2513:4914:13

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 4 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:37  13:25 madhyāhna ends
11:4912:1312:3713:0113:2513:4914:13

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 01:43 on Fri 4 May to 23:29 on Fri 4 May.

    2001-05-03T21:12:31Z → 2001-05-04T18:59:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:37–13:25 on the 3rd, 12:37–13:25 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 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 36229 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Tehran, 2001: Friday 4 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 2001 falls on Friday 4 May. Dvādaśī runs from 01:43 on Fri 4 May to 23:29 on Fri 4 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2001/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 May
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:13 → 11:5912:260 min12:260 min4 May
Chicago16:13 → 13:5912:240 min12:2448 min4 May
Jersey City17:13 → 14:5912:290 min12:2948 min4 May
Port of Spain17:13 → 14:5911:390 min11:3948 min4 May
London22:13 → 19:5912:340 min12:3448 min4 May
Durban23:13 → 20:5911:290 min11:2848 min4 May
Dubai01:13 → 22:5911:520 min11:5248 min4 May
Delhi02:43 → 00:2911:540 min11:5448 min4 May
Kolkata02:43 → 00:2911:100 min11:0948 min4 May
Singapore05:13 → 02:5912:370 min12:3748 min4 May
Sydney07:13 → 04:5911:280 min11:2848 min4 May
Suva09:13 → 06:5911:390 min11:3948 min4 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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