Midday of Monday 22 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:39 12:27 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:34:53
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1979
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 37 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 22 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 23 October
Qualifies with 41 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
41 of 48 minutes covered, the first 41
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 11:35 on Mon 22 Oct to 12:20 on Tue 23 Oct.
1979-10-22T03:34:53Z → 1979-10-23T04:19:35Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 41 of 48 on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 217 s < 300 s
Ruling
Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1979: Monday 22 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1979 falls on Monday 22 October. Dvitīyā runs from 11:35 on Mon 22 Oct to 12:20 on Tue 23 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 41 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 3 min 37 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 22 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/yama-dvitiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 2 Bhratrdvitiya, Yamadvitiya (madhyahna, purvaviddha), Masyadhara (Dwat) puja (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvitīyā | Madhyāhna 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:35 → 21:20 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:35 → 23:20 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:35 → 00:20 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:35 → 00:20 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 04:35 → 05:20 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 05:35 → 06:20 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:35 → 08:20 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:05 → 09:50 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:05 → 09:50 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:05 → 11:50 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:55 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:35 → 14:20 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 15:35 → 16:20 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 23 Oct |