Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2068

Tuesday 14 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 384 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 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

Midday of Wednesday 15 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 03:53 on Tue 14 Feb to 05:44 on Wed 15 Feb.

    2068-02-13T19:53:10Z → 2068-02-14T21:44:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 14th, 12:09–12:57 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 23051 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2068: Tuesday 14 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2068 falls on Tuesday 14 February. Dvādaśī runs from 03:53 on Tue 14 Feb to 05:44 on Wed 15 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles11:53 → 13:4411:4338 min11:4348 min13 Feb
Chicago13:53 → 15:4411:410 min11:4148 min14 Feb
Jersey City14:53 → 16:4411:470 min11:4748 min14 Feb
Port of Spain15:53 → 17:4411:560 min11:5648 min14 Feb
London19:53 → 21:4411:510 min11:5148 min14 Feb
Durban21:53 → 23:4411:460 min11:4648 min14 Feb
Dubai23:53 → 01:4412:090 min12:0948 min14 Feb
Delhi01:23 → 03:1412:120 min12:1148 min14 Feb
Kolkata01:23 → 03:1411:270 min11:2748 min14 Feb
Singapore03:53 → 05:4412:550 min12:5548 min14 Feb
Sydney06:53 → 08:4412:450 min12:4548 min14 Feb
Suva07:53 → 09:4411:560 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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