Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1995

Wednesday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 87 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 25 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

Midday of Thursday 26 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 10:11 on Wed 25 Oct to 07:29 on Thu 26 Oct.

    1995-10-25T02:10:36Z → 1995-10-25T23:28:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 25th, 11:38–12:26 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 5247 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1995: Wednesday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1995 falls on Wednesday 25 October. Dvitīyā runs from 10:11 on Wed 25 Oct to 07:29 on Thu 26 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:11 → 16:2912:1348 min12:130 min25 Oct
Chicago21:11 → 18:2912:1048 min12:100 min25 Oct
Jersey City22:11 → 19:2912:1648 min12:160 min25 Oct
Port of Spain22:11 → 19:2911:2648 min11:260 min25 Oct
London02:11 → 23:2911:2048 min11:200 min25 Oct
Durban04:11 → 01:2911:1648 min11:160 min25 Oct
Dubai06:11 → 03:2911:3948 min11:390 min25 Oct
Delhi07:41 → 04:5911:4148 min11:410 min25 Oct
Kolkata07:41 → 04:5910:5748 min10:560 min25 Oct
Singapore10:11 → 07:2912:2548 min12:250 min25 Oct
Sydney12:11 → 09:2911:160 min11:160 min26 Oct
Suva14:11 → 11:2911:270 min11:272 min26 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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