Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2024

Tuesday 20 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 18 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 20 February

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī begins 12:26:08
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

30 of 48 minutes covered, the last 30

Midday of Wednesday 21 February

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

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 12:26 on Tue 20 Feb to 13:58 on Wed 21 Feb.

    2024-02-20T04:26:09Z → 2024-02-21T05:58:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 20th, 12:08–12:56 on the 21st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 30 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1077 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2024: Tuesday 20 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2024 falls on Tuesday 20 February. Dvādaśī runs from 12:26 on Tue 20 Feb to 13:58 on Wed 21 Feb and covers 30 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 20 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 20 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 20 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:26 → 21:5811:4348 min11:430 min20 Feb
Chicago22:26 → 23:5811:4148 min11:410 min20 Feb
Jersey City23:26 → 00:5811:4648 min11:460 min20 Feb
Port of Spain00:26 → 01:5811:5648 min11:560 min20 Feb
London04:26 → 05:5811:5148 min11:510 min20 Feb
Durban06:26 → 07:5811:4548 min11:450 min20 Feb
Dubai08:26 → 09:5812:0948 min12:090 min20 Feb
Delhi09:56 → 11:2812:1148 min12:110 min20 Feb
Kolkata09:56 → 11:2811:2648 min11:262 min20 Feb
Singapore12:26 → 13:5812:5448 min12:5448 min20 Feb
Sydney15:26 → 16:5812:450 min12:4548 min21 Feb
Suva16:26 → 17:5811:560 min11:5648 min21 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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