Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2023

Wednesday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 231 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 14 November

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 Wednesday 15 November

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 17:07 on Tue 14 Nov to 16:18 on Wed 15 Nov.

    2023-11-14T09:06:52Z → 2023-11-15T08:17:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:38–12:26 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 13885 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2023: Wednesday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2023 falls on Wednesday 15 November. Dvitīyā runs from 17:07 on Tue 14 Nov to 16:18 on Wed 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2023/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:07 → 00:1811:1348 min11:130 min14 Nov
Chicago03:07 → 02:1811:1148 min11:110 min14 Nov
Jersey City04:07 → 03:1811:1748 min11:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain05:07 → 04:1811:2648 min11:270 min14 Nov
London09:07 → 08:1811:2148 min11:210 min14 Nov
Durban11:07 → 10:1811:1648 min11:170 min14 Nov
Dubai13:07 → 12:1811:390 min11:3939 min15 Nov
Delhi14:37 → 13:4811:410 min11:4148 min15 Nov
Kolkata14:37 → 13:4810:570 min10:5748 min15 Nov
Singapore17:07 → 16:1812:250 min12:2548 min15 Nov
Sydney20:07 → 19:1812:160 min12:1648 min15 Nov
Suva21:07 → 20:1811:270 min11:2748 min15 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

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