Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1902

Sunday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 318 minutes.

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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 1 November

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 2 November

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 17:44 on Sat 1 Nov to 19:38 on Sun 2 Nov.

    1902-11-01T09:43:56Z → 1902-11-02T11:38:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 1st, 11:38–12:26 on the 2nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 19099 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1902: Sunday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1902 falls on Sunday 2 November. Dvitīyā runs from 17:44 on Sat 1 Nov to 19:38 on Sun 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 2 Nov
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/yama-dvitiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvitīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 2 Bhratrdvitiya, Yamadvitiya (madhyahna, purvaviddha), Masyadhara (Dwat) puja (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvitīyāMadhyāhna 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:44 → 03:3811:1248 min11:120 min1 Nov
Chicago03:44 → 05:3811:1048 min11:100 min1 Nov
Jersey City04:44 → 06:3811:1648 min11:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain05:44 → 07:3811:2648 min11:260 min1 Nov
London09:44 → 11:3811:2048 min11:2019 min1 Nov
Durban11:14 → 13:0810:4620 min10:4648 min1 Nov
Dubai13:25 → 15:1911:190 min11:1948 min2 Nov
Delhi15:05 → 16:5911:320 min11:3248 min2 Nov
Kolkata15:05 → 16:5910:470 min10:4748 min2 Nov
Singapore16:39 → 18:3311:190 min11:1948 min2 Nov
Sydney19:44 → 21:3811:150 min11:1548 min2 Nov
Suva21:39 → 23:3311:210 min11:2148 min2 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
yama-dvitiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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