Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhrātṛ Dvitīyā) · 2003

Monday 27 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 79 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 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

Midday of Monday 27 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 17:17 on Sun 26 Oct to 13:45 on Mon 27 Oct.

    2003-10-26T09:17:27Z → 2003-10-27T05:44:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 26th, 11:38–12:26 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 4738 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2003: Monday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2003 falls on Monday 27 October. Dvitīyā runs from 17:17 on Sun 26 Oct to 13:45 on Mon 27 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:17 → 21:4511:1348 min11:130 min26 Oct
Chicago03:17 → 23:4511:1048 min11:100 min26 Oct
Jersey City04:17 → 00:4511:1648 min11:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain05:17 → 01:4511:2648 min11:260 min26 Oct
London09:17 → 05:4511:2048 min11:200 min26 Oct
Durban11:17 → 07:4511:1647 min11:160 min26 Oct
Dubai13:17 → 09:4511:390 min11:390 min27 Oct
Delhi14:47 → 11:1511:410 min11:410 min27 Oct
Kolkata14:47 → 11:1510:560 min10:5618 min27 Oct
Singapore17:17 → 13:4512:250 min12:2548 min27 Oct
Sydney20:17 → 16:4512:160 min12:1548 min27 Oct
Suva21:17 → 17:4511:260 min11:2648 min27 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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