Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2011

Sunday 3 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 100 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 2 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

Midday of Sunday 3 July

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 15:53 on Sat 2 Jul to 14:26 on Sun 3 Jul.

    2011-07-02T07:53:24Z → 2011-07-03T06:26:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 5998 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2011: Sunday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2011 falls on Sunday 3 July. Dvitīyā runs from 15:53 on Sat 2 Jul to 14:26 on Sun 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2011/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:53 → 23:2612:3348 min12:330 min2 Jul
Chicago02:53 → 01:2612:3148 min12:310 min2 Jul
Jersey City03:53 → 02:2612:3648 min12:360 min2 Jul
Port of Spain03:53 → 02:2611:4648 min11:460 min2 Jul
London08:53 → 07:2612:4048 min12:410 min2 Jul
Durban09:53 → 08:2611:3648 min11:360 min2 Jul
Dubai11:53 → 10:2611:5948 min11:590 min2 Jul
Delhi13:23 → 11:5612:010 min12:010 min3 Jul
Kolkata13:23 → 11:5611:160 min11:1740 min3 Jul
Singapore15:53 → 14:2612:450 min12:4548 min3 Jul
Sydney17:53 → 16:2611:350 min11:3548 min3 Jul
Suva19:53 → 18:2611:460 min11:4648 min3 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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