Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1945

Tuesday 6 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 18 s.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 6 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 7 November

Qualifies with 40 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 12:17:21
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

40 of 48 minutes covered, the first 40

Dvitīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 09:46 on Tue 6 Nov to 12:17 on Wed 7 Nov.

    1945-11-06T01:45:57Z → 1945-11-07T04:17:22Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 40 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 498 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1945: Tuesday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1945 falls on Tuesday 6 November. Dvitīyā runs from 09:46 on Tue 6 Nov to 12:17 on Wed 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 40 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1945/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 Angeles17:46 → 20:1711:1248 min11:130 min6 Nov
Chicago19:46 → 22:1711:1048 min11:100 min6 Nov
Jersey City20:46 → 23:1711:1648 min11:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain21:46 → 00:1711:2648 min11:260 min6 Nov
London01:46 → 04:1711:2048 min11:200 min6 Nov
Durban03:46 → 06:1711:1648 min11:160 min6 Nov
Dubai05:46 → 08:1711:3848 min11:380 min6 Nov
Delhi07:16 → 09:4711:4148 min11:410 min6 Nov
Kolkata07:16 → 09:4710:5648 min10:560 min6 Nov
Singapore09:16 → 11:4711:5448 min11:540 min6 Nov
Sydney11:46 → 14:1711:1517 min11:1548 min6 Nov
Suva13:46 → 16:1711:260 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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