Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2093

Thursday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 34 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 Wednesday 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 Thursday 22 October

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 13:00:23
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 14:29 on Wed 21 Oct to 13:00 on Thu 22 Oct.

    2093-10-21T06:28:43Z → 2093-10-22T05:00:24Z

  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 48 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 2029 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2093: Thursday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2093 falls on Thursday 22 October. Dvitīyā runs from 14:29 on Wed 21 Oct to 13:00 on Thu 22 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2093/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 Angeles23:29 → 22:0012:1448 min12:130 min21 Oct
Chicago01:29 → 00:0012:1148 min12:110 min21 Oct
Jersey City02:29 → 01:0012:1748 min12:170 min21 Oct
Port of Spain02:29 → 01:0011:2748 min11:270 min21 Oct
London07:29 → 06:0012:2148 min12:210 min21 Oct
Durban08:29 → 07:0011:1748 min11:170 min21 Oct
Dubai10:29 → 09:0011:3948 min11:390 min21 Oct
Delhi11:59 → 10:3011:4231 min11:420 min21 Oct
Kolkata11:59 → 10:3010:570 min10:570 min22 Oct
Singapore14:29 → 13:0012:250 min12:2535 min22 Oct
Sydney17:29 → 16:0012:160 min12:1648 min22 Oct
Suva18:29 → 17:0011:270 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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