Midday of Thursday 6 July
Qualifies with 1 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 13:28 14:16 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 14:15:21
12:4013:0413:2813:5214:1614:4015:04
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1978
Boundaryin Algiers, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 48 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 6 July
Qualifies with 1 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Midday of Friday 7 July
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 14:15 on Thu 6 Jul to 16:41 on Fri 7 Jul.
1978-07-06T12:15:21Z → 1978-07-07T14:40:48Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:28–14:16 on the 6th, 13:28–14:16 on the 7th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 1 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
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 48 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Algiers, 1978: Friday 7 July.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Algiers, Rathayātrā 1978 falls on Friday 7 July. Dvitīyā runs from 14:15 on Thu 6 Jul to 16:41 on Fri 7 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 1 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 0 min 48 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 7 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 7 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 7 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Algiers. | ||
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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:15 → 07:41 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Chicago | 07:15 → 09:41 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Jersey City | 08:15 → 10:41 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 08:15 → 10:41 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| London | 13:15 → 15:41 | 12:41 | 14 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 7 Jul |
| Durban | 14:15 → 16:41 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 7 Jul |
| Dubai | 16:15 → 18:41 | 11:59 | 0 min | 11:59 | 48 min | 7 Jul |
| Delhi | 17:45 → 20:11 | 12:02 | 0 min | 12:02 | 48 min | 7 Jul |
| Kolkata | 17:45 → 20:11 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 7 Jul |
| Singapore | 19:45 → 22:11 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 7 Jul |
| Sydney | 22:15 → 00:41 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 7 Jul |
| Suva | 00:15 → 02:41 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 7 Jul |