Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1952

Tuesday 24 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 352 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 Monday 23 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 24 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 18:36 on Mon 23 Jun to 20:49 on Tue 24 Jun.

    1952-06-23T10:36:21Z → 1952-06-24T12:49:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 21132 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1952: Tuesday 24 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1952 falls on Tuesday 24 June. Dvitīyā runs from 18:36 on Mon 23 Jun to 20:49 on Tue 24 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:36 → 05:4912:3148 min12:310 min23 Jun
Chicago05:36 → 07:4912:2948 min12:290 min23 Jun
Jersey City06:36 → 08:4912:3448 min12:350 min23 Jun
Port of Spain06:36 → 08:4911:4448 min11:440 min23 Jun
London11:36 → 13:4912:3948 min12:3948 min24 Jun
Durban12:36 → 14:4911:340 min11:3448 min24 Jun
Dubai14:36 → 16:4911:570 min11:5748 min24 Jun
Delhi16:06 → 18:1911:590 min11:5948 min24 Jun
Kolkata16:06 → 18:1911:150 min11:1548 min24 Jun
Singapore18:06 → 20:1912:130 min12:1348 min24 Jun
Sydney20:36 → 22:4911:330 min11:3348 min24 Jun
Suva22:36 → 00:4911:440 min11:4448 min24 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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