Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1946

Saturday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

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 Saturday 26 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

Midday of Sunday 27 October

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 11:13:42
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 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 09:09 on Sat 26 Oct to 11:14 on Sun 27 Oct.

    1946-10-26T01:09:24Z → 1946-10-27T03:13:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 26th, 11:38–12:26 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 1451 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1946: Saturday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1946 falls on Saturday 26 October. Dvitīyā runs from 09:09 on Sat 26 Oct to 11:14 on Sun 27 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:09 → 19:1411:1348 min11:130 min26 Oct
Chicago19:09 → 21:1411:1048 min11:100 min26 Oct
Jersey City20:09 → 22:1411:1648 min11:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain21:09 → 23:1411:2648 min11:260 min26 Oct
London01:09 → 03:1411:2048 min11:200 min26 Oct
Durban03:09 → 05:1411:1648 min11:160 min26 Oct
Dubai05:09 → 07:1411:3948 min11:390 min26 Oct
Delhi06:39 → 08:4411:4148 min11:410 min26 Oct
Kolkata06:39 → 08:4410:5748 min10:560 min26 Oct
Singapore08:39 → 10:4411:5548 min11:550 min26 Oct
Sydney11:09 → 13:1411:1648 min11:1548 min26 Oct
Suva13:09 → 15:1411:270 min11:2648 min27 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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