Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1902

Monday 7 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 86 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 6 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 7 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 17:26 on Sun 6 Jul to 14:12 on Mon 7 Jul.

    1902-07-06T09:25:32Z → 1902-07-07T06:12:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 6th, 11:58–12:46 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 5143 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1902: Monday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1902 falls on Monday 7 July. Dvitīyā runs from 17:26 on Sun 6 Jul to 14:12 on Mon 7 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 Jul
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/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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:26 → 22:1211:3348 min11:330 min6 Jul
Chicago03:26 → 00:1211:3148 min11:310 min6 Jul
Jersey City04:26 → 01:1211:3748 min11:370 min6 Jul
Port of Spain05:26 → 02:1211:4648 min11:470 min6 Jul
London09:26 → 06:1211:4148 min11:410 min6 Jul
Durban10:56 → 07:4211:0648 min11:060 min6 Jul
Dubai13:07 → 09:5311:400 min11:400 min7 Jul
Delhi14:47 → 11:3311:520 min11:520 min7 Jul
Kolkata14:47 → 11:3311:080 min11:0825 min7 Jul
Singapore16:21 → 13:0711:400 min11:4048 min7 Jul
Sydney19:26 → 16:1211:360 min11:3648 min7 Jul
Suva21:21 → 18:0711:420 min11:4248 min7 Jul
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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