Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2049

Thursday 28 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 603 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 Wednesday 27 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

Midday of Thursday 28 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

Dvitīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 23:34 on Wed 27 Oct to 22:29 on Thu 28 Oct.

    2049-10-27T15:33:44Z → 2049-10-28T14:28:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 27th, 11:38–12:26 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 36167 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2049: Thursday 28 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2049 falls on Thursday 28 October. Dvitīyā runs from 23:34 on Wed 27 Oct to 22:29 on Thu 28 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2049/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:34 → 07:2912:1348 min12:130 min27 Oct
Chicago10:34 → 09:2912:1048 min12:100 min27 Oct
Jersey City11:34 → 10:2912:1648 min12:160 min27 Oct
Port of Spain11:34 → 10:2911:2640 min11:260 min27 Oct
London16:34 → 15:2912:200 min12:2048 min28 Oct
Durban17:34 → 16:2911:160 min11:1648 min28 Oct
Dubai19:34 → 18:2911:390 min11:3848 min28 Oct
Delhi21:04 → 19:5911:410 min11:4148 min28 Oct
Kolkata21:04 → 19:5910:560 min10:5648 min28 Oct
Singapore23:34 → 22:2912:240 min12:2448 min28 Oct
Sydney02:34 → 01:2912:150 min12:1548 min28 Oct
Suva03:34 → 02:2911:260 min11:2648 min28 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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