Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1947

Friday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 364 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 Friday 14 November

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 Saturday 15 November

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 04:31 on Fri 14 Nov to 05:34 on Sat 15 Nov.

    1947-11-13T20:31:29Z → 1947-11-14T21:34:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:38–12:26 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 21850 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1947: Friday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1947 falls on Friday 14 November. Dvitīyā runs from 04:31 on Fri 14 Nov to 05:34 on Sat 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:31 → 13:3411:130 min11:1348 min14 Nov
Chicago14:31 → 15:3411:110 min11:1148 min14 Nov
Jersey City15:31 → 16:3411:160 min11:1748 min14 Nov
Port of Spain16:31 → 17:3411:260 min11:2648 min14 Nov
London20:31 → 21:3411:200 min11:2148 min14 Nov
Durban22:31 → 23:3411:160 min11:1648 min14 Nov
Dubai00:31 → 01:3411:390 min11:3948 min14 Nov
Delhi02:01 → 03:0411:410 min11:4148 min14 Nov
Kolkata02:01 → 03:0410:570 min10:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore04:01 → 05:0411:550 min11:5548 min14 Nov
Sydney06:31 → 07:3411:160 min11:1648 min14 Nov
Suva08:31 → 09:3411:270 min11:2748 min14 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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