Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2049

Sunday 14 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 435 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 14 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 20:12 on Sat 13 Feb to 22:51 on Sun 14 Feb.

    2049-02-13T12:12:00Z → 2049-02-14T14:51:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 13th, 12:09–12:57 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 26125 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2049: Sunday 14 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2049 falls on Sunday 14 February. Dvādaśī runs from 20:12 on Sat 13 Feb to 22:51 on Sun 14 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2049/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:12 → 06:5111:4348 min11:430 min13 Feb
Chicago06:12 → 08:5111:4148 min11:410 min13 Feb
Jersey City07:12 → 09:5111:4748 min11:470 min13 Feb
Port of Spain08:12 → 10:5111:5648 min11:560 min13 Feb
London12:12 → 14:5111:5127 min11:5148 min13 Feb
Durban14:12 → 16:5111:460 min11:4648 min14 Feb
Dubai16:12 → 18:5112:090 min12:0948 min14 Feb
Delhi17:42 → 20:2112:110 min12:1148 min14 Feb
Kolkata17:42 → 20:2111:270 min11:2748 min14 Feb
Singapore20:12 → 22:5112:550 min12:5548 min14 Feb
Sydney23:12 → 01:5112:450 min12:4548 min14 Feb
Suva00:12 → 02:5111:560 min11:5648 min14 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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