Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2020

Tuesday 23 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 65 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Monday 22 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 23 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 14:30 on Mon 22 Jun to 13:50 on Tue 23 Jun.

    2020-06-22T06:29:43Z → 2020-06-23T05:49:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 22nd, 11:56–12:44 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 3918 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2020: Tuesday 23 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2020 falls on Tuesday 23 June. Dvitīyā runs from 14:30 on Mon 22 Jun to 13:50 on Tue 23 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2020/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:30 → 22:5012:3148 min12:310 min22 Jun
Chicago01:30 → 00:5012:2948 min12:290 min22 Jun
Jersey City02:30 → 01:5012:3448 min12:350 min22 Jun
Port of Spain02:30 → 01:5011:4448 min11:440 min22 Jun
London07:30 → 06:5012:3948 min12:390 min22 Jun
Durban08:30 → 07:5011:3448 min11:340 min22 Jun
Dubai10:30 → 09:5011:5748 min11:570 min22 Jun
Delhi12:00 → 11:2011:5947 min11:590 min22 Jun
Kolkata12:00 → 11:2011:153 min11:155 min23 Jun
Singapore14:30 → 13:5012:430 min12:4348 min23 Jun
Sydney16:30 → 15:5011:330 min11:3348 min23 Jun
Suva18:30 → 17:5011:440 min11:4548 min23 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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