Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1932

Monday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 172 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 30 October

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 Monday 31 October

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 19:05 on Sun 30 Oct to 15:18 on Mon 31 Oct.

    1932-10-30T11:05:19Z → 1932-10-31T07:17:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 30th, 11:38–12:26 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 10338 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1932: Monday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1932 falls on Monday 31 October. Dvitīyā runs from 19:05 on Sun 30 Oct to 15:18 on Mon 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1932/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:05 → 23:1811:1248 min11:120 min30 Oct
Chicago05:05 → 01:1811:1048 min11:100 min30 Oct
Jersey City06:05 → 02:1811:1648 min11:160 min30 Oct
Port of Spain07:05 → 03:1811:2648 min11:260 min30 Oct
London11:05 → 07:1811:2048 min11:200 min30 Oct
Durban13:05 → 09:1811:160 min11:160 min31 Oct
Dubai15:05 → 11:1811:380 min11:380 min31 Oct
Delhi16:35 → 12:4811:410 min11:4148 min31 Oct
Kolkata16:35 → 12:4810:560 min10:5648 min31 Oct
Singapore18:05 → 14:1811:240 min11:2448 min31 Oct
Sydney21:05 → 17:1811:150 min11:1548 min31 Oct
Suva23:05 → 19:1811:260 min11:2648 min31 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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