Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1995

Friday 30 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 15 s.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 29 June

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 30 June

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 12:54:48
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 11:00 on Thu 29 Jun to 12:55 on Fri 30 Jun.

    1995-06-29T03:00:23Z → 1995-06-30T04:54:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 29th, 11:58–12:46 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 555 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1995: Friday 30 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1995 falls on Friday 30 June. Dvitīyā runs from 11:00 on Thu 29 Jun to 12:55 on Fri 30 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:00 → 21:5512:3248 min12:330 min29 Jun
Chicago22:00 → 23:5512:3048 min12:300 min29 Jun
Jersey City23:00 → 00:5512:3648 min12:360 min29 Jun
Port of Spain23:00 → 00:5511:4548 min11:460 min29 Jun
London04:00 → 05:5512:4048 min12:400 min29 Jun
Durban05:00 → 06:5511:3548 min11:350 min29 Jun
Dubai07:00 → 08:5511:5848 min11:580 min29 Jun
Delhi08:30 → 10:2512:0048 min12:010 min29 Jun
Kolkata08:30 → 10:2511:1648 min11:160 min29 Jun
Singapore11:00 → 12:5512:4448 min12:4411 min30 Jun
Sydney13:00 → 14:5511:340 min11:3548 min30 Jun
Suva15:00 → 16:5511:460 min11:4648 min30 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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