Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2034

Sunday 12 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 33 s.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Sunday 12 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:47:36
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

38 of 48 minutes covered, the last 38

Midday of Monday 13 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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 11:48 on Sun 12 Nov to 14:20 on Mon 13 Nov.

    2034-11-12T03:47:36Z → 2034-11-13T06:20:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 12th, 11:38–12:26 on the 13th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 38 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 573 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2034: Sunday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2034 falls on Sunday 12 November. Dvitīyā runs from 11:48 on Sun 12 Nov to 14:20 on Mon 13 Nov and covers 38 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 12 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:48 → 22:2011:1348 min11:130 min12 Nov
Chicago21:48 → 00:2011:1148 min11:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City22:48 → 01:2011:1648 min11:160 min12 Nov
Port of Spain23:48 → 02:2011:2648 min11:260 min12 Nov
London03:48 → 06:2011:2048 min11:200 min12 Nov
Durban05:48 → 08:2011:1648 min11:160 min12 Nov
Dubai07:48 → 10:2011:3948 min11:390 min12 Nov
Delhi09:18 → 11:5011:4148 min11:419 min12 Nov
Kolkata09:18 → 11:5010:5748 min10:5748 min12 Nov
Singapore11:48 → 14:2012:2548 min12:2548 min12 Nov
Sydney14:48 → 17:2012:160 min12:1648 min13 Nov
Suva15:48 → 18:2011:260 min11:2748 min13 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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