Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1949

Sunday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 585 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 22 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 Sunday 23 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 01:41 on Sun 23 Oct to 22:11 on Sun 23 Oct.

    1949-10-22T17:40:47Z → 1949-10-23T14:11:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 35088 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1949: Sunday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1949 falls on Sunday 23 October. Dvitīyā runs from 01:41 on Sun 23 Oct to 22:11 on Sun 23 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:41 → 06:1111:1348 min11:130 min22 Oct
Chicago11:41 → 08:1111:1118 min11:110 min22 Oct
Jersey City12:41 → 09:1111:170 min11:160 min23 Oct
Port of Spain13:41 → 10:1111:270 min11:260 min23 Oct
London18:41 → 15:1112:210 min12:2048 min23 Oct
Durban19:41 → 16:1111:170 min11:1748 min23 Oct
Dubai21:41 → 18:1111:390 min11:3948 min23 Oct
Delhi23:11 → 19:4111:410 min11:4148 min23 Oct
Kolkata23:11 → 19:4110:570 min10:5748 min23 Oct
Singapore01:11 → 21:4111:550 min11:5548 min23 Oct
Sydney03:41 → 00:1111:160 min11:1648 min23 Oct
Suva05:41 → 02:1111:270 min11:2748 min23 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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