Midday of Saturday 8 February
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 12:09 12:57 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī begins 12:55:25
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1941
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 15 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 8 February
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Midday of Sunday 9 February
Qualifies with 38 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
38 of 48 minutes covered, the first 38
Aṅga
Dvādaśī runs from 12:55 on Sat 8 Feb to 12:47 on Sun 9 Feb.
1941-02-08T04:55:26Z → 1941-02-09T04:47:05Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 8th, 12:09–12:57 on the 9th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 1 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 38 of 48 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 75 s < 300 s
Ruling
Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1941: Saturday 8 February.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1941 falls on Saturday 8 February. Dvādaśī runs from 12:55 on Sat 8 Feb to 12:47 on Sun 9 Feb and covers 1 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 38 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 1 min 15 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 8 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 8 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 8 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 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:55 → 20:47 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| Chicago | 22:55 → 22:47 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| Jersey City | 23:55 → 23:47 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 00:55 → 00:47 | 11:56 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| London | 05:55 → 05:47 | 12:51 | 48 min | 12:51 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| Durban | 06:55 → 06:47 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| Dubai | 08:55 → 08:47 | 12:09 | 48 min | 12:09 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| Delhi | 10:25 → 10:17 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| Kolkata | 10:25 → 10:17 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| Singapore | 12:15 → 12:07 | 12:15 | 47 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 8 Feb |
| Sydney | 14:55 → 14:47 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 9 Feb |
| Suva | 16:55 → 16:47 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:56 | 48 min | 9 Feb |