Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1914

Saturday 7 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 173 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 Saturday 7 February

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 8 February

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 09:15 on Sat 7 Feb to 08:16 on Sun 8 Feb.

    1914-02-07T01:15:11Z → 1914-02-08T00:15:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 7th, 12:09–12:57 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 10409 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1914: Saturday 7 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1914 falls on Saturday 7 February. Dvādaśī runs from 09:15 on Sat 7 Feb to 08:16 on Sun 8 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1914/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 Feb
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/bhishma-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“S 12 Bhisma dvadasi (purvaviddha), Amalaki dvadasi, Santana dvadasi, Varaha dvadasi” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:15 → 16:1611:4348 min11:440 min7 Feb
Chicago19:15 → 18:1611:4148 min11:410 min7 Feb
Jersey City20:15 → 19:1611:4748 min11:470 min7 Feb
Port of Spain21:15 → 20:1611:5648 min11:560 min7 Feb
London01:15 → 00:1611:5148 min11:510 min7 Feb
Durban03:15 → 02:1611:4648 min11:460 min7 Feb
Dubai04:56 → 03:5711:5048 min11:500 min7 Feb
Delhi06:45 → 05:4612:1248 min12:120 min7 Feb
Kolkata06:45 → 05:4611:2748 min11:270 min7 Feb
Singapore08:15 → 07:1611:5548 min11:550 min7 Feb
Sydney11:15 → 10:1611:4548 min11:450 min7 Feb
Suva13:10 → 12:1111:510 min11:5219 min8 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bhishma-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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