Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1948

Sunday 22 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 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 Saturday 21 February

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 22 February

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī ends 12:28:55
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

21 of 48 minutes covered, the first 21

Dvādaśī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 15:41 on Sat 21 Feb to 12:29 on Sun 22 Feb.

    1948-02-21T07:40:31Z → 1948-02-22T04:28:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 21st, 12:08–12:56 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 21 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 1244 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1948: Sunday 22 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1948 falls on Sunday 22 February. Dvādaśī runs from 15:41 on Sat 21 Feb to 12:29 on Sun 22 Feb and covers 21 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1948/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 22 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 22 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:41 → 20:2911:4348 min11:430 min21 Feb
Chicago01:41 → 22:2911:4148 min11:410 min21 Feb
Jersey City02:41 → 23:2911:4648 min11:460 min21 Feb
Port of Spain03:41 → 00:2911:5648 min11:560 min21 Feb
London07:41 → 04:2911:5148 min11:510 min21 Feb
Durban09:41 → 06:2911:4648 min11:450 min21 Feb
Dubai11:41 → 08:2912:0948 min12:090 min21 Feb
Delhi13:11 → 09:5912:110 min12:110 min22 Feb
Kolkata13:11 → 09:5911:270 min11:260 min22 Feb
Singapore15:11 → 11:5912:240 min12:240 min22 Feb
Sydney17:41 → 14:2911:450 min11:4548 min22 Feb
Suva19:41 → 16:2911:560 min11:5648 min22 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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