Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1979

Tuesday 26 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 498 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 Monday 25 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 26 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 21:02 on Mon 25 Jun to 22:37 on Tue 26 Jun.

    1979-06-25T13:02:23Z → 1979-06-26T14:36:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:57–12:45 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 29874 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1979: Tuesday 26 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1979 falls on Tuesday 26 June. Dvitīyā runs from 21:02 on Mon 25 Jun to 22:37 on Tue 26 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1979/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:02 → 07:3712:3148 min12:320 min25 Jun
Chicago08:02 → 09:3712:2948 min12:290 min25 Jun
Jersey City09:02 → 10:3712:3548 min12:350 min25 Jun
Port of Spain09:02 → 10:3711:4548 min11:450 min25 Jun
London14:02 → 15:3712:390 min12:3948 min26 Jun
Durban15:02 → 16:3711:340 min11:3548 min26 Jun
Dubai17:02 → 18:3711:570 min11:5748 min26 Jun
Delhi18:32 → 20:0711:590 min12:0048 min26 Jun
Kolkata18:32 → 20:0711:150 min11:1548 min26 Jun
Singapore20:32 → 22:0712:130 min12:1348 min26 Jun
Sydney23:02 → 00:3711:340 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Suva01:02 → 02:3711:450 min11:4548 min26 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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