Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1905

Tuesday 4 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 652 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 4 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

Midday of Wednesday 5 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

Dvitīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 01:06 on Tue 4 Jul to 00:00 on Tue 4 Jul.

    1905-07-03T17:06:18Z → 1905-07-04T15:59:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 4th, 11:58–12:46 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 39104 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1905: Tuesday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1905 falls on Tuesday 4 July. Dvitīyā runs from 01:06 on Tue 4 Jul to 00:00 on Tue 4 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1905/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:06 → 08:0011:3348 min11:330 min3 Jul
Chicago11:06 → 10:0011:3048 min11:310 min3 Jul
Jersey City12:06 → 11:0011:3618 min11:360 min3 Jul
Port of Spain13:06 → 12:0011:460 min11:4614 min4 Jul
London17:06 → 16:0011:400 min11:4048 min4 Jul
Durban19:06 → 18:0011:360 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Dubai20:47 → 19:4111:400 min11:4048 min4 Jul
Delhi22:27 → 21:2111:520 min11:5248 min4 Jul
Kolkata22:27 → 21:2111:070 min11:0848 min4 Jul
Singapore00:06 → 23:0011:440 min11:4548 min4 Jul
Sydney03:06 → 02:0011:350 min11:3548 min4 Jul
Suva05:01 → 03:5511:410 min11:4148 min4 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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