Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1935

Tuesday 29 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 434 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 28 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 Tuesday 29 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 19:39 on Mon 28 Oct to 20:42 on Tue 29 Oct.

    1935-10-28T11:39:27Z → 1935-10-29T12:41:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 28th, 11:38–12:26 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 26018 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1935: Tuesday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1935 falls on Tuesday 29 October. Dvitīyā runs from 19:39 on Mon 28 Oct to 20:42 on Tue 29 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1935/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:39 → 04:4211:1348 min11:130 min28 Oct
Chicago05:39 → 06:4211:1048 min11:100 min28 Oct
Jersey City06:39 → 07:4211:1648 min11:160 min28 Oct
Port of Spain07:39 → 08:4211:2648 min11:260 min28 Oct
London11:39 → 12:4211:2029 min11:2048 min28 Oct
Durban13:39 → 14:4211:160 min11:1648 min29 Oct
Dubai15:39 → 16:4211:390 min11:3848 min29 Oct
Delhi17:09 → 18:1211:410 min11:4148 min29 Oct
Kolkata17:09 → 18:1210:560 min10:5648 min29 Oct
Singapore18:59 → 20:0211:450 min11:4448 min29 Oct
Sydney21:39 → 22:4211:150 min11:1548 min29 Oct
Suva23:39 → 00:4211:260 min11:2648 min29 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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