Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1938

Tuesday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 245 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 24 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 25 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 16:31 on Mon 24 Oct to 16:56 on Tue 25 Oct.

    1938-10-24T08:31:08Z → 1938-10-25T08:55:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 24th, 11:38–12:26 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 14693 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1938: Tuesday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1938 falls on Tuesday 25 October. Dvitīyā runs from 16:31 on Mon 24 Oct to 16:56 on Tue 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:31 → 00:5611:1348 min11:130 min24 Oct
Chicago02:31 → 02:5611:1148 min11:100 min24 Oct
Jersey City03:31 → 03:5611:1648 min11:160 min24 Oct
Port of Spain04:31 → 04:5611:2648 min11:260 min24 Oct
London08:31 → 08:5611:2048 min11:200 min24 Oct
Durban10:31 → 10:5611:1648 min11:160 min24 Oct
Dubai12:31 → 12:5611:390 min11:3948 min25 Oct
Delhi14:01 → 14:2611:410 min11:4148 min25 Oct
Kolkata14:01 → 14:2610:570 min10:5748 min25 Oct
Singapore15:51 → 16:1611:450 min11:4548 min25 Oct
Sydney18:31 → 18:5611:160 min11:1648 min25 Oct
Suva20:31 → 20:5611:270 min11:2748 min25 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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