Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2044

Saturday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 205 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 Saturday 22 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 Sunday 23 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 07:39 on Sat 22 Oct to 08:13 on Sun 23 Oct.

    2044-10-21T23:39:15Z → 2044-10-23T00:13:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 12295 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2044: Saturday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2044 falls on Saturday 22 October. Dvitīyā runs from 07:39 on Sat 22 Oct to 08:13 on Sun 23 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:39 → 17:1312:130 min12:130 min22 Oct
Chicago18:39 → 19:1312:110 min12:110 min22 Oct
Jersey City19:39 → 20:1312:170 min12:160 min22 Oct
Port of Spain19:39 → 20:1311:270 min11:260 min22 Oct
London00:39 → 01:1312:210 min12:200 min22 Oct
Durban01:39 → 02:1311:170 min11:160 min22 Oct
Dubai03:39 → 04:1311:390 min11:390 min22 Oct
Delhi05:09 → 05:4311:410 min11:410 min22 Oct
Kolkata05:09 → 05:4310:570 min10:570 min22 Oct
Singapore07:39 → 08:1312:250 min12:250 min22 Oct
Sydney10:39 → 11:1312:160 min12:160 min22 Oct
Suva11:39 → 12:1311:270 min11:2747 min22 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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