Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1945

Wednesday 11 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 427 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 10 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 11 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

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 21:28 on Tue 10 Jul to 20:54 on Wed 11 Jul.

    1945-07-10T12:28:27Z → 1945-07-11T11:54:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 10th, 12:59–13:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 25634 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1945: Wednesday 11 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1945 falls on Wednesday 11 July. Dvitīyā runs from 21:28 on Tue 10 Jul to 20:54 on Wed 11 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1945/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:28 → 04:5412:3448 min12:340 min10 Jul
Chicago07:28 → 06:5412:3248 min12:320 min10 Jul
Jersey City08:28 → 07:5412:3748 min12:370 min10 Jul
Port of Spain09:28 → 08:5412:4748 min12:470 min10 Jul
London14:28 → 13:5413:411 min13:4113 min11 Jul
Durban14:28 → 13:5411:370 min11:3748 min11 Jul
Dubai16:28 → 15:5412:000 min12:0048 min11 Jul
Delhi18:58 → 18:2413:020 min13:0248 min11 Jul
Kolkata18:58 → 18:2412:180 min12:1848 min11 Jul
Singapore21:28 → 20:5413:460 min13:4648 min11 Jul
Sydney22:28 → 21:5411:360 min11:3648 min11 Jul
Suva00:28 → 23:5411:470 min11:4848 min11 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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