Midday of Friday 15 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:39 12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2069
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 29 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 15 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 16 November
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the first 2
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 09:16 on Fri 15 Nov to 11:41 on Sat 16 Nov.
2069-11-15T01:15:45Z → 2069-11-16T03:41:22Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 15th, 11:39–12:27 on the 16th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 2 of 48 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 149 s < 300 s
Ruling
Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2069: Friday 15 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2069 falls on Friday 15 November. Dvitīyā runs from 09:16 on Fri 15 Nov to 11:41 on Sat 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 2 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 29 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 15 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 15 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 15 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/yama-dvitiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 2 Bhratrdvitiya, Yamadvitiya (madhyahna, purvaviddha), Masyadhara (Dwat) puja (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvitīyā | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:16 → 19:41 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:16 → 21:41 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:16 → 22:41 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:16 → 23:41 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| London | 01:16 → 03:41 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Durban | 03:16 → 05:41 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:16 → 07:41 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:46 → 09:11 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:46 → 09:11 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Singapore | 09:16 → 11:41 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Sydney | 12:16 → 14:41 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Suva | 13:16 → 15:41 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 16 Nov |