Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2026

Monday 24 August

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 344 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 24 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 25 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 04:19 on Mon 24 Aug to 06:21 on Tue 25 Aug.

    2026-08-23T22:49:13Z → 2026-08-25T00:51:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 24th, 12:05–12:53 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 20612 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Ujjain, 2026: Monday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2026 falls on Monday 24 August. Dvādaśī runs from 04:19 on Mon 24 Aug to 06:21 on Tue 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 24 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:49 → 17:5112:310 min12:310 min24 Aug
Chicago17:49 → 19:5112:290 min12:280 min24 Aug
Jersey City18:49 → 20:5112:350 min12:340 min24 Aug
Port of Spain18:49 → 20:5111:450 min11:440 min24 Aug
London23:49 → 01:5112:390 min12:380 min24 Aug
Durban00:49 → 02:5111:350 min11:340 min24 Aug
Dubai02:49 → 04:5111:570 min11:570 min24 Aug
Delhi04:19 → 06:2112:000 min11:590 min24 Aug
Kolkata04:19 → 06:2111:150 min11:150 min24 Aug
Singapore06:49 → 08:5112:430 min12:430 min24 Aug
Sydney08:49 → 10:5111:340 min11:340 min24 Aug
Suva10:49 → 12:5111:450 min11:4548 min24 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