Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhrātṛ Dvitīyā) · 2000

Sunday 29 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 197 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 28 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

Midday of Sunday 29 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 15:43 on Sat 28 Oct to 16:04 on Sun 29 Oct.

    2000-10-28T07:42:40Z → 2000-10-29T08:03:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 28th, 11:38–12:26 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 11820 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2000: Sunday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2000 falls on Sunday 29 October. Dvitīyā runs from 15:43 on Sat 28 Oct to 16:04 on Sun 29 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:43 → 01:0412:1248 min11:120 min28 Oct
Chicago02:43 → 02:0412:1048 min11:100 min28 Oct
Jersey City03:43 → 03:0412:1648 min11:160 min28 Oct
Port of Spain03:43 → 04:0411:2648 min11:260 min28 Oct
London08:43 → 08:0412:2048 min11:200 min28 Oct
Durban09:43 → 10:0411:1648 min11:160 min28 Oct
Dubai11:43 → 12:0411:3844 min11:3825 min28 Oct
Delhi13:13 → 13:3411:410 min11:4148 min29 Oct
Kolkata13:13 → 13:3410:560 min10:5648 min29 Oct
Singapore15:43 → 16:0412:240 min12:2448 min29 Oct
Sydney18:43 → 19:0412:150 min12:1548 min29 Oct
Suva19:43 → 20:0411:260 min11:2648 min29 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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