Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhrātṛ Dvitīyā) · 2016

Tuesday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 296 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 Tuesday 1 November

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 2 November

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

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 04:10 on Tue 1 Nov to 06:41 on Wed 2 Nov.

    2016-10-31T20:09:58Z → 2016-11-01T22:41:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 1st, 11:37–12:25 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 17770 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2016: Tuesday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2016 falls on Tuesday 1 November. Dvitīyā runs from 04:10 on Tue 1 Nov to 06:41 on Wed 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:10 → 15:4112:120 min12:1248 min1 Nov
Chicago15:10 → 17:4112:100 min12:1048 min1 Nov
Jersey City16:10 → 18:4112:160 min12:1648 min1 Nov
Port of Spain16:10 → 18:4111:260 min11:2648 min1 Nov
London20:10 → 22:4111:200 min11:2048 min1 Nov
Durban22:10 → 00:4111:160 min11:1648 min1 Nov
Dubai00:10 → 02:4111:380 min11:3848 min1 Nov
Delhi01:40 → 04:1111:410 min11:4048 min1 Nov
Kolkata01:40 → 04:1110:560 min10:5648 min1 Nov
Singapore04:10 → 06:4112:240 min12:2448 min1 Nov
Sydney07:10 → 09:4112:150 min12:1548 min1 Nov
Suva08:10 → 10:4111:260 min11:2648 min1 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

About Ahargaṇa