Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1962

Tuesday 30 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 641 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 Monday 29 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 Tuesday 30 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 23:07 on Mon 29 Oct to 00:52 on Wed 31 Oct.

    1962-10-29T15:06:49Z → 1962-10-30T16:52:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 29th, 11:38–12:26 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 38467 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1962: Tuesday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1962 falls on Tuesday 30 October. Dvitīyā runs from 23:07 on Mon 29 Oct to 00:52 on Wed 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:07 → 08:5211:1348 min11:120 min29 Oct
Chicago09:07 → 10:5211:1048 min11:100 min29 Oct
Jersey City10:07 → 11:5211:1648 min11:1636 min29 Oct
Port of Spain11:07 → 12:5211:2648 min11:2648 min29 Oct
London15:07 → 16:5211:200 min11:2048 min30 Oct
Durban17:07 → 18:5211:160 min11:1648 min30 Oct
Dubai19:07 → 20:5211:380 min11:3848 min30 Oct
Delhi20:37 → 22:2211:410 min11:4148 min30 Oct
Kolkata20:37 → 22:2210:560 min10:5648 min30 Oct
Singapore22:37 → 00:2211:540 min11:5448 min30 Oct
Sydney01:07 → 02:5211:150 min11:1548 min30 Oct
Suva03:07 → 04:5211:260 min11:2648 min30 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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