Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2014

Sunday 29 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 313 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 28 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 29 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

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

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 17:59 on Sat 28 Jun to 20:06 on Sun 29 Jun.

    2014-06-28T09:58:32Z → 2014-06-29T12:05:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 28th, 11:57–12:45 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 18794 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2014: Sunday 29 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2014 falls on Sunday 29 June. Dvitīyā runs from 17:59 on Sat 28 Jun to 20:06 on Sun 29 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:59 → 05:0612:3248 min12:320 min28 Jun
Chicago04:59 → 07:0612:3048 min12:300 min28 Jun
Jersey City05:59 → 08:0612:3648 min12:360 min28 Jun
Port of Spain05:59 → 08:0611:4548 min11:460 min28 Jun
London10:59 → 13:0612:4048 min12:4026 min29 Jun
Durban11:59 → 14:0611:3525 min11:3548 min29 Jun
Dubai13:59 → 16:0611:580 min11:5848 min29 Jun
Delhi15:29 → 17:3612:000 min12:0048 min29 Jun
Kolkata15:29 → 17:3611:160 min11:1648 min29 Jun
Singapore17:59 → 20:0612:440 min12:4448 min29 Jun
Sydney19:59 → 22:0611:340 min11:3548 min29 Jun
Suva21:59 → 00:0611:450 min11:4648 min29 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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