Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2086

Saturday 26 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 485 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 25 January

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 26 January

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

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 21:00 on Fri 25 Jan to 21:38 on Sat 26 Jan.

    2086-01-25T12:59:44Z → 2086-01-26T13:37:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 25th, 12:07–12:55 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 29096 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2086: Saturday 26 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2086 falls on Saturday 26 January. Dvādaśī runs from 21:00 on Fri 25 Jan to 21:38 on Sat 26 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2086/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 Jan
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:00 → 05:3811:4248 min11:420 min25 Jan
Chicago07:00 → 07:3811:3948 min11:400 min25 Jan
Jersey City08:00 → 08:3811:4548 min11:450 min25 Jan
Port of Spain09:00 → 09:3811:5548 min11:550 min25 Jan
London13:00 → 13:3811:490 min11:5048 min26 Jan
Durban15:00 → 15:3811:440 min11:4448 min26 Jan
Dubai17:00 → 17:3812:070 min12:0848 min26 Jan
Delhi18:30 → 19:0812:100 min12:1048 min26 Jan
Kolkata18:30 → 19:0811:250 min11:2548 min26 Jan
Singapore21:00 → 21:3812:530 min12:5348 min26 Jan
Sydney00:00 → 00:3812:430 min12:4448 min26 Jan
Suva01:00 → 01:3811:550 min11:5548 min26 Jan
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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