Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1946

Wednesday 13 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 185 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 Tuesday 12 February

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 13 February

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 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 17:43 on Tue 12 Feb to 16:01 on Wed 13 Feb.

    1946-02-12T09:42:31Z → 1946-02-13T08:01:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 12th, 12:09–12:57 on the 13th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 11073 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1946: Wednesday 13 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1946 falls on Wednesday 13 February. Dvādaśī runs from 17:43 on Tue 12 Feb to 16:01 on Wed 13 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:43 → 00:0111:4448 min11:440 min12 Feb
Chicago03:43 → 02:0111:4148 min11:410 min12 Feb
Jersey City04:43 → 03:0111:4748 min11:470 min12 Feb
Port of Spain05:43 → 04:0111:5648 min11:560 min12 Feb
London09:43 → 08:0111:5148 min11:510 min12 Feb
Durban11:43 → 10:0111:4648 min11:460 min12 Feb
Dubai13:43 → 12:0112:090 min12:090 min13 Feb
Delhi15:13 → 13:3112:120 min12:1248 min13 Feb
Kolkata15:13 → 13:3111:270 min11:2748 min13 Feb
Singapore17:13 → 15:3112:250 min12:2548 min13 Feb
Sydney19:43 → 18:0111:450 min11:4548 min13 Feb
Suva21:43 → 20:0111:570 min11:5748 min13 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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