Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1970

Sunday 5 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 529 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 Sunday 5 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

Midday of Monday 6 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 01:02 on Sun 5 Jul to 03:10 on Mon 6 Jul.

    1970-07-04T17:01:58Z → 1970-07-05T19:09:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 5th, 11:59–12:47 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 31741 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1970: Sunday 5 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1970 falls on Sunday 5 July. Dvitīyā runs from 01:02 on Sun 5 Jul to 03:10 on Mon 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1970/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:02 → 12:1012:3348 min12:330 min4 Jul
Chicago12:02 → 14:1012:3148 min12:3148 min5 Jul
Jersey City13:02 → 15:1012:3622 min12:3748 min5 Jul
Port of Spain13:02 → 15:1011:460 min11:4748 min5 Jul
London18:02 → 20:1012:410 min12:4148 min5 Jul
Durban19:02 → 21:1011:360 min11:3648 min5 Jul
Dubai21:02 → 23:1011:590 min11:5948 min5 Jul
Delhi22:32 → 00:4012:010 min12:0148 min5 Jul
Kolkata22:32 → 00:4011:170 min11:1748 min5 Jul
Singapore00:32 → 02:4012:150 min12:1548 min5 Jul
Sydney03:02 → 05:1011:350 min11:3648 min5 Jul
Suva05:02 → 07:1011:460 min11:4748 min5 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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