Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2041

Tuesday 12 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 556 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 13 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 00:32 on Tue 12 Feb to 02:52 on Wed 13 Feb.

    2041-02-11T16:32:05Z → 2041-02-12T18:52:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 12th, 12:09–12:57 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 33388 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2041: Tuesday 12 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2041 falls on Tuesday 12 February. Dvādaśī runs from 00:32 on Tue 12 Feb to 02:52 on Wed 13 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2041/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 12 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles08:32 → 10:5211:4348 min11:430 min11 Feb
Chicago10:32 → 12:5211:4148 min11:4148 min11 Feb
Jersey City11:32 → 13:5211:4748 min11:4748 min11 Feb
Port of Spain12:32 → 14:5211:5612 min11:5648 min11 Feb
London16:32 → 18:5211:510 min11:5148 min12 Feb
Durban18:32 → 20:5211:460 min11:4648 min12 Feb
Dubai20:32 → 22:5212:090 min12:0948 min12 Feb
Delhi22:02 → 00:2212:110 min12:1148 min12 Feb
Kolkata22:02 → 00:2211:270 min11:2748 min12 Feb
Singapore00:32 → 02:5212:550 min12:5548 min12 Feb
Sydney03:32 → 05:5212:450 min12:4548 min12 Feb
Suva04:32 → 06:5211:560 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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