Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1953

Monday 13 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 31 s.

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 12 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:19:19
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 13 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 12:41:01
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

41 of 48 minutes covered, the first 41

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 11:19 on Sun 12 Jul to 12:41 on Mon 13 Jul.

    1953-07-12T03:19:19Z → 1953-07-13T04:41:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 12th, 12:00–12:48 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 41 of 48 on the 13th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 391 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1953: Monday 13 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1953 falls on Monday 13 July. Dvitīyā runs from 11:19 on Sun 12 Jul to 12:41 on Mon 13 Jul and covers 41 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:19 → 21:4112:3448 min12:340 min12 Jul
Chicago22:19 → 23:4112:3248 min12:320 min12 Jul
Jersey City23:19 → 00:4112:3848 min12:380 min12 Jul
Port of Spain23:19 → 00:4111:4848 min11:480 min12 Jul
London04:19 → 05:4112:4248 min12:420 min12 Jul
Durban05:19 → 06:4111:3748 min11:380 min12 Jul
Dubai07:19 → 08:4112:0048 min12:000 min12 Jul
Delhi08:49 → 10:1112:0248 min12:030 min12 Jul
Kolkata08:49 → 10:1111:1848 min11:180 min12 Jul
Singapore10:49 → 12:1112:1648 min12:160 min12 Jul
Sydney13:19 → 14:4111:370 min11:3748 min13 Jul
Suva15:19 → 16:4111:480 min11:4848 min13 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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