Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1906

Friday 19 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 489 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 19 October

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 20 October

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 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 03:30 on Fri 19 Oct to 00:09 on Sat 20 Oct.

    1906-10-18T19:30:03Z → 1906-10-19T16:08:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 29344 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1906: Friday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1906 falls on Friday 19 October. Dvitīyā runs from 03:30 on Fri 19 Oct to 00:09 on Sat 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1906/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 19 Oct
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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:30 → 08:0911:1432 min11:140 min18 Oct
Chicago13:30 → 10:0911:120 min11:110 min19 Oct
Jersey City14:30 → 11:0911:170 min11:170 min19 Oct
Port of Spain15:30 → 12:0911:270 min11:2742 min19 Oct
London19:30 → 16:0911:210 min11:2148 min19 Oct
Durban21:30 → 18:0911:170 min11:1748 min19 Oct
Dubai23:11 → 19:5011:210 min11:2148 min19 Oct
Delhi01:00 → 21:3911:420 min11:4248 min19 Oct
Kolkata01:00 → 21:3910:580 min10:5848 min19 Oct
Singapore02:30 → 23:0911:260 min11:2648 min19 Oct
Sydney05:30 → 02:0911:170 min11:1748 min19 Oct
Suva07:25 → 04:0411:230 min11:2348 min19 Oct
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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