Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 1996

Tuesday 12 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 43 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 12 November

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 10:55:07
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 13 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 10:55 on Tue 12 Nov to 09:09 on Wed 13 Nov.

    1996-11-12T02:55:07Z → 1996-11-13T01:09:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 12th, 11:38–12:26 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 2579 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 1996: Tuesday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 1996 falls on Tuesday 12 November. Dvitīyā runs from 10:55 on Tue 12 Nov to 09:09 on Wed 13 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 12 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:55 → 17:0911:1348 min11:130 min12 Nov
Chicago20:55 → 19:0911:1148 min11:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City21:55 → 20:0911:1648 min11:160 min12 Nov
Port of Spain22:55 → 21:0911:2648 min11:260 min12 Nov
London02:55 → 01:0911:2048 min11:210 min12 Nov
Durban04:55 → 03:0911:1648 min11:160 min12 Nov
Dubai06:55 → 05:0911:3948 min11:390 min12 Nov
Delhi08:25 → 06:3911:4148 min11:410 min12 Nov
Kolkata08:25 → 06:3910:5748 min10:570 min12 Nov
Singapore10:55 → 09:0912:2548 min12:250 min12 Nov
Sydney13:55 → 12:0912:160 min12:160 min13 Nov
Suva14:55 → 13:0911:270 min11:2748 min13 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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