Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1967

Sunday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 598 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 8 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 9 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

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

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 00:05 on Sun 9 Jul to 22:45 on Sun 9 Jul.

    1967-07-08T16:05:20Z → 1967-07-09T14:45:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 35890 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1967: Sunday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1967 falls on Sunday 9 July. Dvitīyā runs from 00:05 on Sun 9 Jul to 22:45 on Sun 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1967/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:05 → 07:4512:3448 min12:340 min8 Jul
Chicago11:05 → 09:4512:3148 min12:310 min8 Jul
Jersey City12:05 → 10:4512:3748 min12:370 min8 Jul
Port of Spain12:05 → 10:4511:4730 min11:470 min8 Jul
London17:05 → 15:4512:410 min12:4148 min9 Jul
Durban18:05 → 16:4511:370 min11:3748 min9 Jul
Dubai20:05 → 18:4512:000 min12:0048 min9 Jul
Delhi21:35 → 20:1512:020 min12:0248 min9 Jul
Kolkata21:35 → 20:1511:170 min11:1748 min9 Jul
Singapore23:35 → 22:1512:150 min12:1648 min9 Jul
Sydney02:05 → 00:4511:360 min11:3648 min9 Jul
Suva04:05 → 02:4511:470 min11:4748 min9 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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