Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1943

Tuesday 16 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 316 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 16 February

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:09  13:57 madhyāhna ends
12:2112:4513:0913:3313:5714:2114:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 February

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:09  13:57 madhyāhna ends
12:2112:4513:0913:3313:5714:2114:45

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 05:13 on Tue 16 Feb to 07:53 on Wed 17 Feb.

    1943-02-15T20:13:04Z → 1943-02-16T22:52:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:09–13:57 on the 16th, 13:09–13:57 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 18945 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1943: Tuesday 16 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1943 falls on Tuesday 16 February. Dvādaśī runs from 05:13 on Tue 16 Feb to 07:53 on Wed 17 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:13 → 15:5312:4318 min12:4348 min15 Feb
Chicago15:13 → 17:5312:410 min12:4148 min16 Feb
Jersey City16:13 → 18:5312:470 min12:4748 min16 Feb
Port of Spain17:13 → 19:5312:560 min12:5648 min16 Feb
London21:13 → 23:5312:510 min12:5148 min16 Feb
Durban23:13 → 01:5312:460 min12:4648 min16 Feb
Dubai00:13 → 02:5312:090 min12:0948 min16 Feb
Delhi02:43 → 05:2313:120 min13:1148 min16 Feb
Kolkata02:43 → 05:2312:270 min12:2748 min16 Feb
Singapore05:13 → 07:5313:550 min13:5548 min16 Feb
Sydney07:13 → 09:5312:450 min12:4548 min16 Feb
Suva08:13 → 10:5311:560 min11:5648 min16 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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