Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2002

Sunday 24 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 366 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 Sunday 24 February

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 Monday 25 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 06:01 on Sun 24 Feb to 03:38 on Mon 25 Feb.

    2002-02-23T22:01:28Z → 2002-02-24T19:38:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 24th, 12:08–12:56 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 21974 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2002: Sunday 24 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2002 falls on Sunday 24 February. Dvādaśī runs from 06:01 on Sun 24 Feb to 03:38 on Mon 25 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:01 → 11:3811:430 min11:420 min24 Feb
Chicago16:01 → 13:3811:400 min11:4048 min24 Feb
Jersey City17:01 → 14:3811:460 min11:4648 min24 Feb
Port of Spain18:01 → 15:3811:550 min11:5548 min24 Feb
London22:01 → 19:3811:500 min11:5048 min24 Feb
Durban00:01 → 21:3811:450 min11:4548 min24 Feb
Dubai02:01 → 23:3812:080 min12:0848 min24 Feb
Delhi03:31 → 01:0812:110 min12:1148 min24 Feb
Kolkata03:31 → 01:0811:260 min11:2648 min24 Feb
Singapore06:01 → 03:3812:540 min12:5448 min24 Feb
Sydney09:01 → 06:3812:440 min12:4448 min24 Feb
Suva10:01 → 07:3811:560 min11:5548 min24 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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