Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2053

Wednesday 12 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 429 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 Tuesday 11 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 12 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 19:35 on Tue 11 Nov to 20:45 on Wed 12 Nov.

    2053-11-11T11:35:17Z → 2053-11-12T12:44:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 25756 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2053: Wednesday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2053 falls on Wednesday 12 November. Dvitīyā runs from 19:35 on Tue 11 Nov to 20:45 on Wed 12 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:35 → 04:4511:1348 min11:130 min11 Nov
Chicago05:35 → 06:4511:1148 min11:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City06:35 → 07:4511:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Port of Spain07:35 → 08:4511:2648 min11:260 min11 Nov
London11:35 → 12:4511:2033 min11:2048 min11 Nov
Durban13:35 → 14:4511:160 min11:1648 min12 Nov
Dubai15:35 → 16:4511:390 min11:3948 min12 Nov
Delhi17:05 → 18:1511:410 min11:4148 min12 Nov
Kolkata17:05 → 18:1510:570 min10:5748 min12 Nov
Singapore19:35 → 20:4512:250 min12:2548 min12 Nov
Sydney22:35 → 23:4512:150 min12:1648 min12 Nov
Suva23:35 → 00:4511:260 min11:2748 min12 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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