Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2014

Saturday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 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 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 06:18 on Sat 25 Oct to 06:09 on Sun 26 Oct.

    2014-10-24T22:17:36Z → 2014-10-25T22:09:28Z

  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 19226 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2014: Saturday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2014 falls on Saturday 25 October. Dvitīyā runs from 06:18 on Sat 25 Oct to 06:09 on Sun 26 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:18 → 15:0912:130 min12:1348 min25 Oct
Chicago17:18 → 17:0912:100 min12:1048 min25 Oct
Jersey City18:18 → 18:0912:160 min12:1648 min25 Oct
Port of Spain18:18 → 18:0911:260 min11:2648 min25 Oct
London23:18 → 23:0912:200 min12:2048 min25 Oct
Durban00:18 → 00:0911:160 min11:1648 min25 Oct
Dubai02:18 → 02:0911:390 min11:3948 min25 Oct
Delhi03:48 → 03:3911:410 min11:4148 min25 Oct
Kolkata03:48 → 03:3910:570 min10:5748 min25 Oct
Singapore06:18 → 06:0912:250 min12:2548 min25 Oct
Sydney09:18 → 09:0912:160 min12:1648 min25 Oct
Suva10:18 → 10:0911:270 min11:2748 min25 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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