Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1929

Monday 8 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 513 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 Sunday 7 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 Monday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 00:57 on Mon 8 Jul to 21:20 on Mon 8 Jul.

    1929-07-07T16:57:08Z → 1929-07-08T13:19:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 7th, 11:59–12:47 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 30793 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1929: Monday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1929 falls on Monday 8 July. Dvitīyā runs from 00:57 on Mon 8 Jul to 21:20 on Mon 8 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1929/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 Angeles08:57 → 05:2011:3448 min11:340 min7 Jul
Chicago11:57 → 08:2012:3148 min12:310 min7 Jul
Jersey City12:57 → 09:2012:3728 min12:370 min7 Jul
Port of Spain12:57 → 09:2011:470 min11:470 min8 Jul
London17:57 → 14:2012:410 min12:4148 min8 Jul
Durban18:57 → 15:2011:370 min11:3748 min8 Jul
Dubai20:57 → 17:2011:590 min11:5948 min8 Jul
Delhi22:27 → 18:5012:020 min12:0248 min8 Jul
Kolkata22:27 → 18:5011:170 min11:1748 min8 Jul
Singapore23:57 → 20:2011:450 min11:4548 min8 Jul
Sydney02:57 → 23:2011:360 min11:3648 min8 Jul
Suva04:57 → 01:2011:470 min11:4748 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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