Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2019

Thursday 4 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 534 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 3 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 Thursday 4 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 00:35 on Thu 4 Jul to 21:40 on Thu 4 Jul.

    2019-07-03T16:34:58Z → 2019-07-04T13:40:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 32020 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2019: Thursday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2019 falls on Thursday 4 July. Dvitīyā runs from 00:35 on Thu 4 Jul to 21:40 on Thu 4 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:35 → 06:4012:3348 min12:330 min3 Jul
Chicago11:35 → 08:4012:3148 min12:310 min3 Jul
Jersey City12:35 → 09:4012:3648 min12:370 min3 Jul
Port of Spain12:35 → 09:4011:460 min11:460 min4 Jul
London17:35 → 14:4012:410 min12:4148 min4 Jul
Durban18:35 → 15:4011:360 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Dubai20:35 → 17:4011:590 min11:5948 min4 Jul
Delhi22:05 → 19:1012:010 min12:0148 min4 Jul
Kolkata22:05 → 19:1011:170 min11:1748 min4 Jul
Singapore00:35 → 21:4012:450 min12:4548 min4 Jul
Sydney02:35 → 23:4011:350 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Suva04:35 → 01:4011:460 min11:4748 min4 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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