Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 1995

Sunday 12 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 279 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 11 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 Sunday 12 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 17:35 on Sat 11 Feb to 19:10 on Sun 12 Feb.

    1995-02-11T09:35:16Z → 1995-02-12T11:09:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 11th, 12:09–12:57 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 16716 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1995: Sunday 12 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1995 falls on Sunday 12 February. Dvādaśī runs from 17:35 on Sat 11 Feb to 19:10 on Sun 12 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 12 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 12 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:35 → 03:1011:4348 min11:430 min11 Feb
Chicago03:35 → 05:1011:4148 min11:410 min11 Feb
Jersey City04:35 → 06:1011:4748 min11:470 min11 Feb
Port of Spain05:35 → 07:1011:5648 min11:560 min11 Feb
London09:35 → 11:1011:5148 min11:510 min11 Feb
Durban11:35 → 13:1011:4648 min11:4648 min11 Feb
Dubai13:35 → 15:1012:090 min12:0948 min12 Feb
Delhi15:05 → 16:4012:120 min12:1248 min12 Feb
Kolkata15:05 → 16:4011:270 min11:2748 min12 Feb
Singapore17:35 → 19:1012:550 min12:5548 min12 Feb
Sydney20:35 → 22:1012:450 min12:4548 min12 Feb
Suva21:35 → 23:1011:560 min11:5648 min12 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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