Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1999

Wednesday 14 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 262 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 Wednesday 14 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 15 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 07:38 on Wed 14 Jul to 05:21 on Thu 15 Jul.

    1999-07-13T23:38:06Z → 1999-07-14T21:21:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 14th, 12:00–12:48 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 15698 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 1999: Wednesday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 1999 falls on Wednesday 14 July. Dvitīyā runs from 07:38 on Wed 14 Jul to 05:21 on Thu 15 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1999/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:38 → 14:2112:350 min12:3548 min14 Jul
Chicago18:38 → 16:2112:320 min12:3248 min14 Jul
Jersey City19:38 → 17:2112:380 min12:3848 min14 Jul
Port of Spain19:38 → 17:2111:480 min11:4848 min14 Jul
London00:38 → 22:2112:420 min12:4248 min14 Jul
Durban01:38 → 23:2111:380 min11:3848 min14 Jul
Dubai03:38 → 01:2112:000 min12:0048 min14 Jul
Delhi05:08 → 02:5112:030 min12:0348 min14 Jul
Kolkata05:08 → 02:5111:180 min11:1848 min14 Jul
Singapore07:38 → 05:2112:460 min12:4648 min14 Jul
Sydney09:38 → 07:2111:370 min11:3748 min14 Jul
Suva11:38 → 09:2111:480 min11:4848 min14 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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