Midday of Saturday 28 June
Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:11 12:59 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 12:58:31
11:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:2313:47
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2014
Boundaryin Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 01 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 28 June
Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 29 June
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 12:59 on Sat 28 Jun to 15:06 on Sun 29 Jun.
2014-06-28T09:58:32Z → 2014-06-29T12:05:41Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:11–12:59 on the 28th, 12:11–12:59 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Aleppo, 2014: Sunday 29 June.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Aleppo, Rathayātrā 2014 falls on Sunday 29 June. Dvitīyā runs from 12:59 on Sat 28 Jun to 15:06 on Sun 29 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 0 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 0 min 01 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 29 Jun |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 29 Jun |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 29 Jun |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Aleppo. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rathayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvitīyā | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:59 → 05:06 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 28 Jun |
| Chicago | 04:59 → 07:06 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 28 Jun |
| Jersey City | 05:59 → 08:06 | 12:36 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 28 Jun |
| Port of Spain | 05:59 → 08:06 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 28 Jun |
| London | 10:59 → 13:06 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 26 min | 29 Jun |
| Durban | 11:59 → 14:06 | 11:35 | 25 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Dubai | 13:59 → 16:06 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Delhi | 15:29 → 17:36 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Kolkata | 15:29 → 17:36 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Singapore | 17:59 → 20:06 | 12:44 | 0 min | 12:44 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Sydney | 19:59 → 22:06 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Suva | 21:59 → 00:06 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 29 Jun |