Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1988

Friday 15 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 148 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 15 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 16 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

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 08:30 on Fri 15 Jul to 10:31 on Sat 16 Jul.

    1988-07-14T23:29:44Z → 1988-07-16T01:31:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 15th, 13:00–13:48 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 8909 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1988: Friday 15 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1988 falls on Friday 15 July. Dvitīyā runs from 08:30 on Fri 15 Jul to 10:31 on Sat 16 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1988/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 15 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 15 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:30 → 18:3112:350 min12:350 min15 Jul
Chicago18:30 → 20:3112:320 min12:320 min15 Jul
Jersey City19:30 → 21:3112:380 min12:380 min15 Jul
Port of Spain19:30 → 21:3111:480 min11:480 min15 Jul
London00:30 → 02:3112:420 min12:420 min15 Jul
Durban01:30 → 03:3111:380 min11:380 min15 Jul
Dubai03:30 → 05:3112:010 min12:010 min15 Jul
Delhi05:00 → 07:0112:030 min12:030 min15 Jul
Kolkata05:00 → 07:0111:180 min11:180 min15 Jul
Singapore07:30 → 09:3112:460 min12:470 min15 Jul
Sydney09:30 → 11:3111:370 min11:370 min15 Jul
Suva11:30 → 13:3111:480 min11:4848 min16 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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