Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1915

Wednesday 14 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 367 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 13 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

Midday of Wednesday 14 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 18:54 on Tue 13 Jul to 19:54 on Wed 14 Jul.

    1915-07-13T10:54:13Z → 1915-07-14T11:54:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:59–12:47 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 22011 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1915: Wednesday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1915 falls on Wednesday 14 July. Dvitīyā runs from 18:54 on Tue 13 Jul to 19:54 on Wed 14 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:54 → 03:5411:3448 min11:340 min13 Jul
Chicago04:54 → 05:5411:3248 min11:320 min13 Jul
Jersey City05:54 → 06:5411:3848 min11:380 min13 Jul
Port of Spain06:54 → 07:5411:4748 min11:480 min13 Jul
London10:54 → 11:5411:4248 min11:4213 min14 Jul
Durban12:54 → 13:5411:370 min11:3848 min14 Jul
Dubai14:35 → 15:3511:410 min11:4148 min14 Jul
Delhi16:24 → 17:2412:020 min12:0248 min14 Jul
Kolkata16:24 → 17:2411:180 min11:1848 min14 Jul
Singapore17:54 → 18:5411:460 min11:4648 min14 Jul
Sydney20:54 → 21:5411:370 min11:3748 min14 Jul
Suva22:49 → 23:4911:430 min11:4348 min14 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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