Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2006

Tuesday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 167 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 23 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 Tuesday 24 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 15:13 on Mon 23 Oct to 16:49 on Tue 24 Oct.

    2006-10-23T07:12:51Z → 2006-10-24T08:48:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 9994 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2006: Tuesday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2006 falls on Tuesday 24 October. Dvitīyā runs from 15:13 on Mon 23 Oct to 16:49 on Tue 24 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:13 → 01:4912:1348 min12:130 min23 Oct
Chicago02:13 → 03:4912:1148 min12:100 min23 Oct
Jersey City03:13 → 04:4912:1648 min12:160 min23 Oct
Port of Spain03:13 → 04:4911:2648 min11:260 min23 Oct
London08:13 → 09:4912:2048 min12:200 min23 Oct
Durban09:13 → 10:4911:1648 min11:160 min23 Oct
Dubai11:13 → 12:4911:3948 min11:3948 min23 Oct
Delhi12:43 → 14:1911:410 min11:4148 min24 Oct
Kolkata12:43 → 14:1910:570 min10:5748 min24 Oct
Singapore15:13 → 16:4912:250 min12:2548 min24 Oct
Sydney17:13 → 18:4911:160 min11:1648 min24 Oct
Suva19:13 → 20:4911:270 min11:2748 min24 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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