Ruling · Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) · 2098

Sunday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 207 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 Saturday 25 October

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

Midday of Sunday 26 October

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 17:06 on Sat 25 Oct to 15:53 on Sun 26 Oct.

    2098-10-25T09:06:26Z → 2098-10-26T07:53:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 25th, 11:38–12:26 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 12415 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dvitīyā, Baoding, 2098: Sunday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dvitīyā (Bhai Dooj) 2098 falls on Sunday 26 October. Dvitīyā runs from 17:06 on Sat 25 Oct to 15:53 on Sun 26 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2098/yama-dvitiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:06 → 00:5312:1348 min12:130 min25 Oct
Chicago04:06 → 02:5312:1148 min12:110 min25 Oct
Jersey City05:06 → 03:5312:1648 min12:160 min25 Oct
Port of Spain05:06 → 03:5311:2648 min11:260 min25 Oct
London10:06 → 07:5312:2048 min11:200 min25 Oct
Durban11:06 → 09:5311:1648 min11:160 min25 Oct
Dubai13:06 → 11:5311:390 min11:3914 min26 Oct
Delhi14:36 → 13:2311:410 min11:4148 min26 Oct
Kolkata14:36 → 13:2310:570 min10:5748 min26 Oct
Singapore17:06 → 15:5312:250 min12:2548 min26 Oct
Sydney20:06 → 18:5312:160 min12:1648 min26 Oct
Suva21:06 → 19:5311:270 min11:2748 min26 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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