Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1941

Thursday 26 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 435 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 Thursday 26 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:57  13:45 madhyāhna ends
12:0912:3312:5713:2113:4514:0914:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 27 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:57  13:45 madhyāhna ends
12:0912:3312:5713:2113:4514:0914:33

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 05:14 on Thu 26 Jun to 05:42 on Fri 27 Jun.

    1941-06-25T20:14:19Z → 1941-06-26T20:41:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:57–13:45 on the 26th, 12:57–13:45 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 26094 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1941: Thursday 26 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1941 falls on Thursday 26 June. Dvitīyā runs from 05:14 on Thu 26 Jun to 05:42 on Fri 27 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:14 → 12:4211:315 min11:3248 min26 Jun
Chicago15:14 → 15:4212:290 min12:2948 min26 Jun
Jersey City16:14 → 16:4212:350 min12:3548 min26 Jun
Port of Spain16:14 → 16:4211:440 min11:4548 min26 Jun
London22:14 → 22:4213:390 min13:3948 min26 Jun
Durban22:14 → 22:4211:340 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Dubai00:14 → 00:4211:570 min11:5748 min26 Jun
Delhi01:44 → 02:1211:590 min12:0048 min26 Jun
Kolkata01:44 → 02:1211:150 min11:1548 min26 Jun
Singapore03:34 → 04:0212:030 min12:0348 min26 Jun
Sydney06:14 → 06:4211:330 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Suva08:14 → 08:4211:450 min11:4548 min26 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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