Ruling · Bhīṣma Dvādaśī · 2089

Tuesday 22 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 184 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 Monday 21 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

Midday of Tuesday 22 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

Dvādaśī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 19:12 on Mon 21 Feb to 16:00 on Tue 22 Feb.

    2089-02-21T11:12:22Z → 2089-02-22T08:00:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 21st, 12:08–12:56 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 11065 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2089: Tuesday 22 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2089 falls on Tuesday 22 February. Dvādaśī runs from 19:12 on Mon 21 Feb to 16:00 on Tue 22 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2089/bhishma-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:12 → 00:0011:4348 min11:430 min21 Feb
Chicago05:12 → 02:0011:4148 min11:400 min21 Feb
Jersey City06:12 → 03:0011:4648 min11:460 min21 Feb
Port of Spain07:12 → 04:0011:5648 min11:560 min21 Feb
London11:12 → 08:0011:5148 min11:500 min21 Feb
Durban13:12 → 10:0011:450 min11:450 min22 Feb
Dubai15:12 → 12:0012:090 min12:080 min22 Feb
Delhi16:42 → 13:3012:110 min12:1148 min22 Feb
Kolkata16:42 → 13:3011:260 min11:2648 min22 Feb
Singapore19:12 → 16:0012:540 min12:5448 min22 Feb
Sydney22:12 → 19:0012:450 min12:4448 min22 Feb
Suva23:12 → 20:0011:560 min11:5648 min22 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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