Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1954

Friday 2 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 271 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 1 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 2 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 18:35 on Thu 1 Jul to 17:17 on Fri 2 Jul.

    1954-07-01T10:35:10Z → 1954-07-02T09:17:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 16274 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1954: Friday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1954 falls on Friday 2 July. Dvitīyā runs from 18:35 on Thu 1 Jul to 17:17 on Fri 2 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1954/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:35 → 02:1712:3348 min12:330 min1 Jul
Chicago05:35 → 04:1712:3048 min12:300 min1 Jul
Jersey City06:35 → 05:1712:3648 min12:360 min1 Jul
Port of Spain06:35 → 05:1711:4648 min11:460 min1 Jul
London11:35 → 10:1712:4048 min12:400 min1 Jul
Durban12:35 → 11:1711:360 min11:360 min2 Jul
Dubai14:35 → 13:1711:580 min11:5848 min2 Jul
Delhi16:05 → 14:4712:010 min12:0148 min2 Jul
Kolkata16:05 → 14:4711:160 min11:1648 min2 Jul
Singapore18:05 → 16:4712:140 min12:1448 min2 Jul
Sydney20:35 → 19:1711:350 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva22:35 → 21:1711:460 min11:4648 min2 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

About Ahargaṇa