Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1991

Saturday 13 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 433 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 Friday 12 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 13 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 00:26 on Sat 13 Jul to 21:00 on Sat 13 Jul.

    1991-07-12T15:26:13Z → 1991-07-13T12:00:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 12th, 13:00–13:48 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 25965 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1991: Saturday 13 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1991 falls on Saturday 13 July. Dvitīyā runs from 00:26 on Sat 13 Jul to 21:00 on Sat 13 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1991/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:26 → 05:0012:3448 min12:350 min12 Jul
Chicago10:26 → 07:0012:3248 min12:320 min12 Jul
Jersey City11:26 → 08:0012:3848 min12:380 min12 Jul
Port of Spain11:26 → 08:0011:4848 min11:480 min12 Jul
London16:26 → 13:0012:420 min12:4219 min13 Jul
Durban17:26 → 14:0011:370 min11:3848 min13 Jul
Dubai19:26 → 16:0012:000 min12:0048 min13 Jul
Delhi20:56 → 17:3012:020 min12:0348 min13 Jul
Kolkata20:56 → 17:3011:180 min11:1848 min13 Jul
Singapore23:26 → 20:0012:460 min12:4648 min13 Jul
Sydney01:26 → 22:0011:370 min11:3748 min13 Jul
Suva03:26 → 00:0011:480 min11:4848 min13 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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