Midday of Tuesday 20 February
Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:08 12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1940
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 327 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 20 February
Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 21 February
Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvādaśī runs from 06:41 on Tue 20 Feb to 04:13 on Wed 21 Feb.
1940-02-19T22:41:04Z → 1940-02-20T20:13:20Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 20th, 12:08–12:56 on the 21st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 19640 s
Ruling
Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1940: Tuesday 20 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1940 falls on Tuesday 20 February. Dvādaśī runs from 06:41 on Tue 20 Feb to 04:13 on Wed 21 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 20 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 20 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 20 Feb |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bhishma-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 12 Bhisma dvadasi (purvaviddha), Amalaki dvadasi, Santana dvadasi, Varaha dvadasi” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvādaśī | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:41 → 12:13 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 30 min | 20 Feb |
| Chicago | 16:41 → 14:13 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| Jersey City | 17:41 → 15:13 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 18:41 → 16:13 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:56 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| London | 22:41 → 20:13 | 11:51 | 0 min | 11:51 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| Durban | 00:41 → 22:13 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| Dubai | 02:41 → 00:13 | 12:09 | 0 min | 12:09 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| Delhi | 04:11 → 01:43 | 12:11 | 0 min | 12:11 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| Kolkata | 04:11 → 01:43 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| Singapore | 06:01 → 03:33 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| Sydney | 08:41 → 06:13 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 20 Feb |
| Suva | 10:41 → 08:13 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:56 | 48 min | 20 Feb |