Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2081

Sunday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 203 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 2 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

Midday of Monday 3 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 08:15 on Sun 2 Nov to 05:51 on Mon 3 Nov.

    2081-11-02T00:14:53Z → 2081-11-02T21:50:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 2nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 12167 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2081: Sunday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2081 falls on Sunday 2 November. Dvitīyā runs from 08:15 on Sun 2 Nov to 05:51 on Mon 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2081/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:15 → 13:5111:1348 min11:130 min2 Nov
Chicago19:15 → 15:5111:1048 min11:100 min2 Nov
Jersey City20:15 → 16:5111:1648 min11:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain20:15 → 17:5111:2648 min11:260 min2 Nov
London00:15 → 21:5111:2048 min11:200 min2 Nov
Durban02:15 → 23:5111:1648 min11:160 min2 Nov
Dubai04:15 → 01:5111:3848 min11:380 min2 Nov
Delhi05:45 → 03:2111:4148 min11:410 min2 Nov
Kolkata05:45 → 03:2110:5648 min10:560 min2 Nov
Singapore08:15 → 05:5112:2448 min12:240 min2 Nov
Sydney11:15 → 08:5112:1548 min12:150 min2 Nov
Suva12:15 → 09:5111:260 min11:260 min3 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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