Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2042

Friday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 189 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 Friday 14 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

Midday of Saturday 15 November

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 06:40 on Fri 14 Nov to 08:30 on Sat 15 Nov.

    2042-11-13T22:39:38Z → 2042-11-15T00:30:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:39–12:27 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 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 11310 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2042: Friday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2042 falls on Friday 14 November. Dvitīyā runs from 06:40 on Fri 14 Nov to 08:30 on Sat 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:40 → 16:3011:130 min11:130 min14 Nov
Chicago16:40 → 18:3011:110 min11:110 min14 Nov
Jersey City17:40 → 19:3011:160 min11:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain18:40 → 20:3011:260 min11:270 min14 Nov
London22:40 → 00:3011:210 min11:210 min14 Nov
Durban00:40 → 02:3011:160 min11:170 min14 Nov
Dubai02:40 → 04:3011:390 min11:390 min14 Nov
Delhi04:10 → 06:0011:410 min11:420 min14 Nov
Kolkata04:10 → 06:0010:570 min10:570 min14 Nov
Singapore06:40 → 08:3012:250 min12:250 min14 Nov
Sydney09:40 → 11:3012:160 min12:160 min14 Nov
Suva10:40 → 12:3011:270 min11:2748 min14 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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