Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1972

Tuesday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 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 Tuesday 7 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:51:56
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

34 of 48 minutes covered, the last 34

Midday of Wednesday 8 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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 11:52 on Tue 7 Nov to 14:30 on Wed 8 Nov.

    1972-11-07T03:51:56Z → 1972-11-08T06:29:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 7th, 11:38–12:26 on the 8th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 34 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 859 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1972: Tuesday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1972 falls on Tuesday 7 November. Dvitīyā runs from 11:52 on Tue 7 Nov to 14:30 on Wed 8 Nov and covers 34 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:52 → 22:3011:1348 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago21:52 → 00:3011:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City22:52 → 01:3011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain23:52 → 02:3011:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London03:52 → 06:3011:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban05:52 → 08:3011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Dubai07:52 → 10:3011:3848 min11:380 min7 Nov
Delhi09:22 → 12:0011:4148 min11:4119 min7 Nov
Kolkata09:22 → 12:0010:5648 min10:5648 min7 Nov
Singapore11:22 → 14:0011:5448 min11:5448 min7 Nov
Sydney14:52 → 17:3012:150 min12:1548 min8 Nov
Suva15:52 → 18:3011:260 min11:2648 min8 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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