Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1904

Thursday 14 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 99 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 14 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 15 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 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 10:21 on Thu 14 Jul to 07:07 on Fri 15 Jul.

    1904-07-14T02:20:58Z → 1904-07-14T23:07:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 14th, 12:00–12:48 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 5913 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1904: Thursday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1904 falls on Thursday 14 July. Dvitīyā runs from 10:21 on Thu 14 Jul to 07:07 on Fri 15 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1904/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:21 → 15:0711:3448 min11:350 min14 Jul
Chicago20:21 → 17:0711:3248 min11:320 min14 Jul
Jersey City21:21 → 18:0711:3848 min11:380 min14 Jul
Port of Spain22:21 → 19:0711:4848 min11:480 min14 Jul
London02:21 → 23:0711:4248 min11:420 min14 Jul
Durban04:21 → 01:0711:3848 min11:380 min14 Jul
Dubai06:02 → 02:4811:4148 min11:410 min14 Jul
Delhi07:42 → 04:2811:5448 min11:540 min14 Jul
Kolkata07:42 → 04:2811:0948 min11:090 min14 Jul
Singapore09:16 → 06:0211:4148 min11:410 min14 Jul
Sydney12:21 → 09:0711:374 min11:370 min14 Jul
Suva14:16 → 11:0211:430 min11:430 min15 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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