Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2074

Monday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 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 Sunday 21 October

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 22 October

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 12:15:14
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

37 of 48 minutes covered, the first 37

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 15:46 on Sun 21 Oct to 12:15 on Mon 22 Oct.

    2074-10-21T07:46:16Z → 2074-10-22T04:15:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 21st, 11:39–12:27 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 37 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 677 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2074: Monday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2074 falls on Monday 22 October. Dvitīyā runs from 15:46 on Sun 21 Oct to 12:15 on Mon 22 Oct and covers 37 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:46 → 21:1512:1348 min12:130 min21 Oct
Chicago02:46 → 23:1512:1148 min12:110 min21 Oct
Jersey City03:46 → 00:1512:1748 min12:170 min21 Oct
Port of Spain03:46 → 00:1511:2748 min11:270 min21 Oct
London08:46 → 05:1512:2148 min12:210 min21 Oct
Durban09:46 → 06:1511:1748 min11:170 min21 Oct
Dubai11:46 → 08:1511:3941 min11:390 min21 Oct
Delhi13:16 → 09:4511:420 min11:420 min22 Oct
Kolkata13:16 → 09:4510:570 min10:570 min22 Oct
Singapore15:46 → 12:1512:250 min12:250 min22 Oct
Sydney18:46 → 15:1512:160 min12:1648 min22 Oct
Suva19:46 → 16:1511:270 min11:2748 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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