Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2076

Sunday 16 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 524 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 Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 16 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 21:40 on Sat 15 Feb to 00:25 on Mon 17 Feb.

    2076-02-15T13:40:22Z → 2076-02-16T16:24:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 31424 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2076: Sunday 16 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2076 falls on Sunday 16 February. Dvādaśī runs from 21:40 on Sat 15 Feb to 00:25 on Mon 17 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:40 → 08:2511:4348 min11:430 min15 Feb
Chicago07:40 → 10:2511:4148 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City08:40 → 11:2511:4748 min11:470 min15 Feb
Port of Spain09:40 → 12:2511:5648 min11:5628 min15 Feb
London13:40 → 16:2511:510 min11:5148 min16 Feb
Durban15:40 → 18:2511:460 min11:4648 min16 Feb
Dubai17:40 → 20:2512:090 min12:0948 min16 Feb
Delhi19:10 → 21:5512:110 min12:1148 min16 Feb
Kolkata19:10 → 21:5511:270 min11:2748 min16 Feb
Singapore21:40 → 00:2512:550 min12:5548 min16 Feb
Sydney00:40 → 03:2512:450 min12:4548 min16 Feb
Suva01:40 → 04:2511:560 min11:5648 min16 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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