Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1910

Friday 8 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 530 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 Friday 8 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 9 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 03:09 on Fri 8 Jul to 01:28 on Sat 9 Jul.

    1910-07-07T19:09:09Z → 1910-07-08T17:27:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 31772 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1910: Friday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1910 falls on Friday 8 July. Dvitīyā runs from 03:09 on Fri 8 Jul to 01:28 on Sat 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1910/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:09 → 09:2811:3348 min11:340 min7 Jul
Chicago13:09 → 11:2811:310 min11:310 min8 Jul
Jersey City14:09 → 12:2811:370 min11:3748 min8 Jul
Port of Spain15:09 → 13:2811:470 min11:4748 min8 Jul
London19:09 → 17:2811:410 min11:4148 min8 Jul
Durban21:09 → 19:2811:360 min11:3748 min8 Jul
Dubai22:50 → 21:0911:400 min11:4048 min8 Jul
Delhi00:39 → 22:5812:020 min12:0248 min8 Jul
Kolkata00:39 → 22:5811:170 min11:1748 min8 Jul
Singapore02:09 → 00:2811:450 min11:4548 min8 Jul
Sydney05:09 → 03:2811:360 min11:3648 min8 Jul
Suva07:04 → 05:2311:420 min11:4248 min8 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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