Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2096

Friday 16 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 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 Friday 16 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:19:36
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 17 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
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 11:20 on Fri 16 Nov to 14:02 on Sat 17 Nov.

    2096-11-16T03:19:36Z → 2096-11-17T06:02:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 16th, 11:39–12:27 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1170 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2096: Friday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2096 falls on Friday 16 November. Dvitīyā runs from 11:20 on Fri 16 Nov to 14:02 on Sat 17 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:20 → 22:0211:1448 min11:140 min16 Nov
Chicago21:20 → 00:0211:1248 min11:120 min16 Nov
Jersey City22:20 → 01:0211:1748 min11:180 min16 Nov
Port of Spain23:20 → 02:0211:2748 min11:270 min16 Nov
London03:20 → 06:0211:2148 min11:220 min16 Nov
Durban05:20 → 08:0211:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Dubai07:20 → 10:0211:4048 min11:400 min16 Nov
Delhi08:50 → 11:3211:4248 min11:420 min16 Nov
Kolkata08:50 → 11:3210:5848 min10:5834 min16 Nov
Singapore11:20 → 14:0212:2648 min12:2648 min16 Nov
Sydney14:20 → 17:0212:170 min12:1748 min17 Nov
Suva15:20 → 18:0211:280 min11:2848 min17 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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