Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1958

Thursday 19 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 135 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 Wednesday 18 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 19 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 15:43 on Wed 18 Jun to 14:58 on Thu 19 Jun.

    1958-06-18T07:42:52Z → 1958-06-19T06:58:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 18th, 11:55–12:43 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 8087 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1958: Thursday 19 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1958 falls on Thursday 19 June. Dvitīyā runs from 15:43 on Wed 18 Jun to 14:58 on Thu 19 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1958/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:43 → 23:5812:3048 min12:300 min18 Jun
Chicago02:43 → 01:5812:2848 min12:280 min18 Jun
Jersey City03:43 → 02:5812:3348 min12:340 min18 Jun
Port of Spain03:43 → 02:5811:4348 min11:430 min18 Jun
London08:43 → 07:5812:3748 min12:380 min18 Jun
Durban09:43 → 08:5811:3348 min11:330 min18 Jun
Dubai11:43 → 10:5811:5648 min11:560 min18 Jun
Delhi13:13 → 12:2811:580 min11:5830 min19 Jun
Kolkata13:13 → 12:2811:130 min11:1448 min19 Jun
Singapore15:13 → 14:2812:110 min12:1248 min19 Jun
Sydney17:43 → 16:5811:320 min11:3248 min19 Jun
Suva19:43 → 18:5811:430 min11:4348 min19 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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