Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1956

Sunday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 658 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 4 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 Monday 5 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 00:24 on Sun 4 Nov to 00:40 on Mon 5 Nov.

    1956-11-03T16:23:44Z → 1956-11-04T16:39:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 4th, 11:38–12:26 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 39479 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1956: Sunday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1956 falls on Sunday 4 November. Dvitīyā runs from 00:24 on Sun 4 Nov to 00:40 on Mon 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:24 → 08:4011:1248 min11:120 min3 Nov
Chicago10:24 → 10:4011:1048 min11:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City11:24 → 11:4011:1640 min11:1624 min3 Nov
Port of Spain12:24 → 12:4011:260 min11:2648 min4 Nov
London16:24 → 16:4011:200 min11:2048 min4 Nov
Durban18:24 → 18:4011:160 min11:1648 min4 Nov
Dubai20:24 → 20:4011:380 min11:3848 min4 Nov
Delhi21:54 → 22:1011:410 min11:4148 min4 Nov
Kolkata21:54 → 22:1010:560 min10:5648 min4 Nov
Singapore23:54 → 00:1011:540 min11:5448 min4 Nov
Sydney02:24 → 02:4011:150 min11:1548 min4 Nov
Suva04:24 → 04:4011:260 min11:2648 min4 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

About Ahargaṇa