Midday of Wednesday 3 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
Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1993
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 258 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 3 February
Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 4 February
Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvādaśī runs from 19:08 on Wed 3 Feb to 17:14 on Thu 4 Feb.
1993-02-03T11:08:02Z → 1993-02-04T09:13:50Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 3rd, 12:08–12:56 on the 4th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 15452 s
Ruling
Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1993: Thursday 4 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1993 falls on Thursday 4 February. Dvādaśī runs from 19:08 on Wed 3 Feb to 17:14 on Thu 4 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 4 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 4 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 4 Feb |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bhishma-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 12 Bhisma dvadasi (purvaviddha), Amalaki dvadasi, Santana dvadasi, Varaha dvadasi” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvādaśī | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:08 → 01:14 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Chicago | 05:08 → 03:14 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Jersey City | 06:08 → 04:14 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 07:08 → 05:14 | 11:56 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| London | 11:08 → 09:14 | 11:51 | 48 min | 11:51 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Durban | 13:08 → 11:14 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 4 Feb |
| Dubai | 15:08 → 13:14 | 12:09 | 0 min | 12:09 | 48 min | 4 Feb |
| Delhi | 16:38 → 14:44 | 12:11 | 0 min | 12:11 | 48 min | 4 Feb |
| Kolkata | 16:38 → 14:44 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 4 Feb |
| Singapore | 19:08 → 17:14 | 12:54 | 0 min | 12:55 | 48 min | 4 Feb |
| Sydney | 22:08 → 20:14 | 12:45 | 0 min | 12:45 | 48 min | 4 Feb |
| Suva | 23:08 → 21:14 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:56 | 48 min | 4 Feb |