Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2019

Tuesday 29 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 174 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 30 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 08:43 on Tue 29 Oct to 06:18 on Wed 30 Oct.

    2019-10-29T00:43:17Z → 2019-10-29T22:17:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 29th, 11:38–12:26 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 10461 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2019: Tuesday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2019 falls on Tuesday 29 October. Dvitīyā runs from 08:43 on Tue 29 Oct to 06:18 on Wed 30 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:43 → 15:1812:1248 min12:120 min29 Oct
Chicago19:43 → 17:1812:1048 min12:100 min29 Oct
Jersey City20:43 → 18:1812:1648 min12:160 min29 Oct
Port of Spain20:43 → 18:1811:2648 min11:260 min29 Oct
London00:43 → 22:1811:2048 min11:200 min29 Oct
Durban02:43 → 00:1811:1648 min11:160 min29 Oct
Dubai04:43 → 02:1811:3848 min11:380 min29 Oct
Delhi06:13 → 03:4811:4148 min11:410 min29 Oct
Kolkata06:13 → 03:4810:5648 min10:560 min29 Oct
Singapore08:43 → 06:1812:2448 min12:240 min29 Oct
Sydney11:43 → 09:1812:1548 min12:150 min29 Oct
Suva12:43 → 10:1811:260 min11:260 min30 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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