Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1944

Saturday 5 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 346 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 5 February

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:08  13:56 madhyāhna ends
12:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:2014:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 6 February

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:08  13:56 madhyāhna ends
12:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:2014:44

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 05:40 on Sat 5 Feb to 07:23 on Sun 6 Feb.

    1944-02-04T20:39:41Z → 1944-02-05T22:22:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:08–13:56 on the 5th, 13:08–13:56 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 20736 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1944: Saturday 5 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1944 falls on Saturday 5 February. Dvādaśī runs from 05:40 on Sat 5 Feb to 07:23 on Sun 6 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:40 → 15:2312:430 min12:4348 min5 Feb
Chicago15:40 → 17:2312:410 min12:4148 min5 Feb
Jersey City16:40 → 18:2312:470 min12:4748 min5 Feb
Port of Spain17:40 → 19:2312:560 min12:5648 min5 Feb
London21:40 → 23:2312:510 min12:5148 min5 Feb
Durban23:40 → 01:2312:460 min12:4648 min5 Feb
Dubai00:40 → 02:2312:090 min12:0948 min5 Feb
Delhi03:10 → 04:5313:110 min13:1148 min5 Feb
Kolkata03:10 → 04:5312:270 min12:2748 min5 Feb
Singapore05:40 → 07:2313:550 min13:5548 min5 Feb
Sydney07:40 → 09:2312:450 min12:4548 min5 Feb
Suva08:40 → 10:2311:560 min11:5648 min5 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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