Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2000

Wednesday 16 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 55 minutes.

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 16 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

Midday of Thursday 17 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 11:13 on Wed 16 Feb to 08:27 on Thu 17 Feb.

    2000-02-16T03:13:04Z → 2000-02-17T00:26:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 16th, 12:08–12:56 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 3329 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2000: Wednesday 16 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2000 falls on Wednesday 16 February. Dvādaśī runs from 11:13 on Wed 16 Feb to 08:27 on Thu 17 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:13 → 16:2711:4348 min11:430 min16 Feb
Chicago21:13 → 18:2711:4148 min11:410 min16 Feb
Jersey City22:13 → 19:2711:4748 min11:470 min16 Feb
Port of Spain23:13 → 20:2711:5648 min11:560 min16 Feb
London03:13 → 00:2711:5148 min11:510 min16 Feb
Durban05:13 → 02:2711:4648 min11:460 min16 Feb
Dubai07:13 → 04:2712:0948 min12:090 min16 Feb
Delhi08:43 → 05:5712:1148 min12:110 min16 Feb
Kolkata08:43 → 05:5711:2748 min11:270 min16 Feb
Singapore11:13 → 08:2712:5548 min12:550 min16 Feb
Sydney14:13 → 11:2712:450 min12:450 min17 Feb
Suva16:13 → 13:2712:560 min12:5631 min17 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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