Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1925

Tuesday 23 June

Determinatein Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 29 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 Monday 22 June

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:09  11:57 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 10:39:56
10:2110:4511:0911:3311:5712:2112:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 23 June

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

madhyāhna begins 11:09  11:57 madhyāhna ends
10:2110:4511:0911:3311:5712:2112:45

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 10:40 on Mon 22 Jun to 13:14 on Tue 23 Jun.

    1925-06-22T08:39:56Z → 1925-06-23T11:13:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:09–11:57 on the 22nd, 11:09–11:57 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1744 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Aleppo, 1925: Tuesday 23 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Aleppo, Rathayātrā 1925 falls on Tuesday 23 June. Dvitīyā runs from 10:40 on Mon 22 Jun to 13:14 on Tue 23 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/aleppo/festivals/1925/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Aleppo.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/rathayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvitīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 2 Rathayatra (paraviddha, special when combined with naksatra 'Pusya')” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102. The row calls the day special with Puṣya nakṣatra; the nakṣatra is not tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvitīyāMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:40 → 03:1411:3148 min11:310 min22 Jun
Chicago03:40 → 06:1412:2848 min12:290 min22 Jun
Jersey City04:40 → 07:1412:3448 min12:340 min22 Jun
Port of Spain04:40 → 07:1411:4448 min11:440 min22 Jun
London09:40 → 12:1412:3848 min12:380 min22 Jun
Durban10:40 → 13:1411:3448 min11:3448 min23 Jun
Dubai12:40 → 15:1411:564 min11:5748 min23 Jun
Delhi14:10 → 16:4411:590 min11:5948 min23 Jun
Kolkata14:10 → 16:4411:140 min11:1448 min23 Jun
Singapore15:40 → 18:1411:420 min11:4248 min23 Jun
Sydney18:40 → 21:1411:330 min11:3348 min23 Jun
Suva20:40 → 23:1411:440 min11:4448 min23 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rathayatra@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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