Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1923

Monday 29 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 434 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 29 January

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 30 January

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 04:53 on Mon 29 Jan to 04:37 on Tue 30 Jan.

    1923-01-28T20:53:24Z → 1923-01-29T20:37:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 29th, 12:08–12:56 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 26044 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1923: Monday 29 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1923 falls on Monday 29 January. Dvādaśī runs from 04:53 on Mon 29 Jan to 04:37 on Tue 30 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1923/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 Jan
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:53 → 12:3711:420 min11:4248 min29 Jan
Chicago14:53 → 14:3711:400 min11:4048 min29 Jan
Jersey City15:53 → 15:3711:460 min11:4648 min29 Jan
Port of Spain16:53 → 16:3711:550 min11:5548 min29 Jan
London20:53 → 20:3711:500 min11:5048 min29 Jan
Durban22:53 → 22:3711:450 min11:4548 min29 Jan
Dubai00:53 → 00:3712:080 min12:0848 min29 Jan
Delhi02:23 → 02:0712:100 min12:1048 min29 Jan
Kolkata02:23 → 02:0711:260 min11:2648 min29 Jan
Singapore03:53 → 03:3711:540 min11:5448 min29 Jan
Sydney06:53 → 06:3711:440 min11:4448 min29 Jan
Suva08:53 → 08:3711:550 min11:5548 min29 Jan
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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