Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1983

Sunday 6 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 396 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 Sunday 6 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 7 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 05:01 on Sun 6 Nov to 04:18 on Mon 7 Nov.

    1983-11-05T21:01:11Z → 1983-11-06T20:17:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 6th, 11:38–12:26 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 23781 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1983: Sunday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1983 falls on Sunday 6 November. Dvitīyā runs from 05:01 on Sun 6 Nov to 04:18 on Mon 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1983/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:01 → 12:1811:120 min11:1248 min6 Nov
Chicago15:01 → 14:1811:100 min11:1048 min6 Nov
Jersey City16:01 → 15:1811:160 min11:1648 min6 Nov
Port of Spain17:01 → 16:1811:260 min11:2648 min6 Nov
London21:01 → 20:1811:200 min11:2048 min6 Nov
Durban23:01 → 22:1811:160 min11:1648 min6 Nov
Dubai01:01 → 00:1811:380 min11:3848 min6 Nov
Delhi02:31 → 01:4811:400 min11:4148 min6 Nov
Kolkata02:31 → 01:4810:560 min10:5648 min6 Nov
Singapore05:01 → 04:1812:240 min12:2448 min6 Nov
Sydney08:01 → 07:1812:150 min12:1548 min6 Nov
Suva09:01 → 08:1811:260 min11:2648 min6 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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