Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1950

Monday 30 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 226 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 Monday 30 January

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 31 January

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 07:45 on Mon 30 Jan to 08:22 on Tue 31 Jan.

    1950-01-29T23:44:51Z → 1950-01-31T00:22:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 30th, 12:08–12:56 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 13534 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1950: Monday 30 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1950 falls on Monday 30 January. Dvādaśī runs from 07:45 on Mon 30 Jan to 08:22 on Tue 31 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1950/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 30 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 30 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 30 Jan
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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:45 → 16:2211:420 min11:430 min30 Jan
Chicago17:45 → 18:2211:400 min11:400 min30 Jan
Jersey City18:45 → 19:2211:460 min11:460 min30 Jan
Port of Spain19:45 → 20:2211:550 min11:560 min30 Jan
London23:45 → 00:2211:500 min11:500 min30 Jan
Durban01:45 → 02:2211:450 min11:450 min30 Jan
Dubai03:45 → 04:2212:080 min12:080 min30 Jan
Delhi05:15 → 05:5212:100 min12:110 min30 Jan
Kolkata05:15 → 05:5211:260 min11:260 min30 Jan
Singapore07:15 → 07:5212:240 min12:240 min30 Jan
Sydney09:45 → 10:2211:440 min11:440 min30 Jan
Suva11:45 → 12:2211:550 min11:5627 min30 Jan
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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