Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1951

Friday 6 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 321 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 5 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 6 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 18:07 on Thu 5 Jul to 20:17 on Fri 6 Jul.

    1951-07-05T10:07:13Z → 1951-07-06T12:17:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 5th, 11:58–12:46 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 19254 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1951: Friday 6 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1951 falls on Friday 6 July. Dvitīyā runs from 18:07 on Thu 5 Jul to 20:17 on Fri 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1951/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:07 → 05:1712:3348 min12:330 min5 Jul
Chicago05:07 → 07:1712:3148 min12:310 min5 Jul
Jersey City06:07 → 08:1712:3748 min12:370 min5 Jul
Port of Spain06:07 → 08:1711:4648 min11:470 min5 Jul
London11:07 → 13:1712:4148 min12:4136 min6 Jul
Durban12:07 → 14:1711:3617 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Dubai14:07 → 16:1711:590 min11:5948 min6 Jul
Delhi15:37 → 17:4712:010 min12:0148 min6 Jul
Kolkata15:37 → 17:4711:170 min11:1748 min6 Jul
Singapore17:37 → 19:4712:150 min12:1548 min6 Jul
Sydney20:07 → 22:1711:350 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Suva22:07 → 00:1711:470 min11:4748 min6 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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