Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1975

Wednesday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 195 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 Tuesday 4 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

Midday of Wednesday 5 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 18:09 on Tue 4 Nov to 15:41 on Wed 5 Nov.

    1975-11-04T10:09:29Z → 1975-11-05T07:40:46Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 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 11714 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1975: Wednesday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1975 falls on Wednesday 5 November. Dvitīyā runs from 18:09 on Tue 4 Nov to 15:41 on Wed 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1975/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:09 → 23:4111:1248 min11:120 min4 Nov
Chicago04:09 → 01:4111:1048 min11:100 min4 Nov
Jersey City05:09 → 02:4111:1648 min11:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain06:09 → 03:4111:2648 min11:260 min4 Nov
London10:09 → 07:4111:2048 min11:200 min4 Nov
Durban12:09 → 09:4111:160 min11:160 min5 Nov
Dubai14:09 → 11:4111:380 min11:383 min5 Nov
Delhi15:39 → 13:1111:410 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata15:39 → 13:1110:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore17:39 → 15:1111:540 min11:5448 min5 Nov
Sydney21:09 → 18:4112:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva22:09 → 19:4111:260 min11:2648 min5 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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