Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2059

Sunday 23 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 86 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 Sunday 23 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 24 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 08:26 on Sun 23 Feb to 10:42 on Mon 24 Feb.

    2059-02-23T00:26:15Z → 2059-02-24T02:41:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 23rd, 12:08–12:56 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 5166 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2059: Sunday 23 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2059 falls on Sunday 23 February. Dvādaśī runs from 08:26 on Sun 23 Feb to 10:42 on Mon 24 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2059/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 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 Angeles16:26 → 18:4211:4348 min11:420 min23 Feb
Chicago18:26 → 20:4211:4048 min11:400 min23 Feb
Jersey City19:26 → 21:4211:4648 min11:460 min23 Feb
Port of Spain20:26 → 22:4211:5548 min11:550 min23 Feb
London00:26 → 02:4211:5048 min11:500 min23 Feb
Durban02:26 → 04:4211:4548 min11:450 min23 Feb
Dubai04:26 → 06:4212:0848 min12:080 min23 Feb
Delhi05:56 → 08:1212:1148 min12:110 min23 Feb
Kolkata05:56 → 08:1211:2648 min11:260 min23 Feb
Singapore08:26 → 10:4212:5448 min12:540 min23 Feb
Sydney11:26 → 13:4212:4448 min12:4448 min23 Feb
Suva12:26 → 14:4211:5617 min11:5548 min23 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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