Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1908

Tuesday 30 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 451 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 30 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 1 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 02:19 on Tue 30 Jun to 04:27 on Wed 1 Jul.

    1908-06-29T18:19:10Z → 1908-06-30T20:27:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 30th, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 27031 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1908: Tuesday 30 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1908 falls on Tuesday 30 June. Dvitīyā runs from 02:19 on Tue 30 Jun to 04:27 on Wed 1 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1908/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 30 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 30 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 30 Jun
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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:19 → 12:2711:3248 min11:3248 min30 Jun
Chicago12:19 → 14:2711:300 min11:3048 min30 Jun
Jersey City13:19 → 15:2711:350 min11:3648 min30 Jun
Port of Spain14:19 → 16:2711:450 min11:4548 min30 Jun
London18:19 → 20:2711:400 min11:4048 min30 Jun
Durban20:19 → 22:2711:350 min11:3548 min30 Jun
Dubai22:00 → 00:0811:390 min11:3948 min30 Jun
Delhi23:49 → 01:5712:000 min12:0048 min30 Jun
Kolkata23:49 → 01:5711:160 min11:1648 min30 Jun
Singapore01:19 → 03:2711:440 min11:4448 min30 Jun
Sydney04:19 → 06:2711:340 min11:3448 min30 Jun
Suva06:14 → 08:2211:400 min11:4148 min30 Jun
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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