Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2068

Sunday 28 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 113 minutes.

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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 Saturday 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 Sunday 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 14:19 on Sat 27 Oct to 16:00 on Sun 28 Oct.

    2068-10-27T06:18:52Z → 2068-10-28T07:59:40Z

  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 6782 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2068: Sunday 28 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2068 falls on Sunday 28 October. Dvitīyā runs from 14:19 on Sat 27 Oct to 16:00 on Sun 28 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 Angeles23:19 → 01:0012:1348 min12:130 min27 Oct
Chicago01:19 → 03:0012:1048 min12:100 min27 Oct
Jersey City02:19 → 04:0012:1648 min12:160 min27 Oct
Port of Spain02:19 → 04:0011:2648 min11:260 min27 Oct
London07:19 → 08:0012:2048 min11:200 min27 Oct
Durban08:19 → 10:0011:1648 min11:160 min27 Oct
Dubai10:19 → 12:0011:3948 min11:3821 min27 Oct
Delhi11:49 → 13:3011:4140 min11:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata11:49 → 13:3010:560 min10:5648 min28 Oct
Singapore14:19 → 16:0012:250 min12:2448 min28 Oct
Sydney17:19 → 19:0012:150 min12:1548 min28 Oct
Suva18:19 → 20:0011:260 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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