Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1984

Saturday 30 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 156 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 Saturday 30 June

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 Sunday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 09:21 on Sat 30 Jun to 07:02 on Sun 1 Jul.

    1984-06-30T01:21:22Z → 1984-06-30T23:02:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 30th, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 9377 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1984: Saturday 30 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1984 falls on Saturday 30 June. Dvitīyā runs from 09:21 on Sat 30 Jun to 07:02 on Sun 1 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 30 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 30 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 30 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:21 → 16:0212:3348 min12:330 min30 Jun
Chicago20:21 → 18:0212:3048 min12:300 min30 Jun
Jersey City21:21 → 19:0212:3648 min12:360 min30 Jun
Port of Spain21:21 → 19:0211:4648 min11:460 min30 Jun
London02:21 → 00:0212:4048 min12:400 min30 Jun
Durban03:21 → 01:0211:3648 min11:360 min30 Jun
Dubai05:21 → 03:0211:5848 min11:590 min30 Jun
Delhi06:51 → 04:3212:0148 min12:010 min30 Jun
Kolkata06:51 → 04:3211:1648 min11:160 min30 Jun
Singapore09:21 → 07:0212:4448 min12:440 min30 Jun
Sydney11:21 → 09:0211:3548 min11:350 min30 Jun
Suva13:21 → 11:0211:460 min11:460 min1 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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