Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2013

Wednesday 10 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 282 minutes.

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 9 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 10 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 17:29 on Tue 9 Jul to 19:29 on Wed 10 Jul.

    2013-07-09T09:28:52Z → 2013-07-10T11:29:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 16900 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2013: Wednesday 10 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2013 falls on Wednesday 10 July. Dvitīyā runs from 17:29 on Tue 9 Jul to 19:29 on Wed 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:29 → 04:2912:3448 min12:340 min9 Jul
Chicago04:29 → 06:2912:3248 min12:320 min9 Jul
Jersey City05:29 → 07:2912:3748 min12:380 min9 Jul
Port of Spain05:29 → 07:2911:4748 min11:470 min9 Jul
London10:29 → 12:2912:4148 min12:420 min9 Jul
Durban11:29 → 13:2911:3748 min11:3748 min10 Jul
Dubai13:29 → 15:2912:000 min12:0048 min10 Jul
Delhi14:59 → 16:5912:020 min12:0248 min10 Jul
Kolkata14:59 → 16:5911:180 min11:1848 min10 Jul
Singapore17:29 → 19:2912:460 min12:4648 min10 Jul
Sydney19:29 → 21:2911:360 min11:3748 min10 Jul
Suva21:29 → 23:2911:480 min11:4848 min10 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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