Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1926

Sunday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 654 minutes.

Decide it for

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 6 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 7 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 23:19 on Sat 6 Nov to 23:41 on Sun 7 Nov.

    1926-11-06T15:19:16Z → 1926-11-07T15:40:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 6th, 11:38–12:26 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 39220 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1926: Sunday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1926 falls on Sunday 7 November. Dvitīyā runs from 23:19 on Sat 6 Nov to 23:41 on Sun 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:19 → 07:4111:1248 min11:130 min6 Nov
Chicago09:19 → 09:4111:1048 min11:100 min6 Nov
Jersey City10:19 → 10:4111:1648 min11:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain11:19 → 11:4111:2648 min11:2615 min6 Nov
London15:19 → 15:4111:200 min11:2048 min7 Nov
Durban17:19 → 17:4111:160 min11:1648 min7 Nov
Dubai19:19 → 19:4111:380 min11:3848 min7 Nov
Delhi20:49 → 21:1111:410 min11:4148 min7 Nov
Kolkata20:49 → 21:1110:560 min10:5648 min7 Nov
Singapore22:19 → 22:4111:240 min11:2448 min7 Nov
Sydney01:19 → 01:4111:150 min11:1548 min7 Nov
Suva03:19 → 03:4111:260 min11:2648 min7 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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