Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2024

Sunday 7 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 269 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 Sunday 7 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

Midday of Monday 8 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 06:57 on Sun 7 Jul to 07:30 on Mon 8 Jul.

    2024-07-06T22:56:38Z → 2024-07-07T23:30:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 7th, 11:59–12:47 on the 8th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 16149 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2024: Sunday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2024 falls on Sunday 7 July. Dvitīyā runs from 06:57 on Sun 7 Jul to 07:30 on Mon 8 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:57 → 16:3012:340 min12:3448 min7 Jul
Chicago17:57 → 18:3012:310 min12:3248 min7 Jul
Jersey City18:57 → 19:3012:370 min12:3748 min7 Jul
Port of Spain18:57 → 19:3011:470 min11:4748 min7 Jul
London23:57 → 00:3012:410 min12:4148 min7 Jul
Durban00:57 → 01:3011:370 min11:3748 min7 Jul
Dubai02:57 → 03:3012:000 min12:0048 min7 Jul
Delhi04:27 → 05:0012:020 min12:0248 min7 Jul
Kolkata04:27 → 05:0011:170 min11:1748 min7 Jul
Singapore06:57 → 07:3012:450 min12:4648 min7 Jul
Sydney08:57 → 09:3011:360 min11:3648 min7 Jul
Suva10:57 → 11:3011:470 min11:4748 min7 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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