Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1911

Wednesday 28 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 73 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 27 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 28 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 17:32 on Tue 27 Jun to 13:58 on Wed 28 Jun.

    1911-06-27T09:31:54Z → 1911-06-28T05:58:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 27th, 11:57–12:45 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 4401 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1911: Wednesday 28 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1911 falls on Wednesday 28 June. Dvitīyā runs from 17:32 on Tue 27 Jun to 13:58 on Wed 28 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1911/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:32 → 21:5811:3248 min11:320 min27 Jun
Chicago03:32 → 23:5811:2948 min11:290 min27 Jun
Jersey City04:32 → 00:5811:3548 min11:350 min27 Jun
Port of Spain05:32 → 01:5811:4548 min11:450 min27 Jun
London09:32 → 05:5811:3948 min11:390 min27 Jun
Durban11:32 → 07:5811:3448 min11:350 min27 Jun
Dubai13:13 → 09:3911:380 min11:390 min28 Jun
Delhi15:02 → 11:2812:000 min12:000 min28 Jun
Kolkata15:02 → 11:2811:150 min11:1513 min28 Jun
Singapore16:32 → 12:5811:430 min11:4348 min28 Jun
Sydney19:32 → 15:5811:340 min11:3448 min28 Jun
Suva21:27 → 17:5311:400 min11:4048 min28 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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