Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2031

Saturday 21 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 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 Saturday 21 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

Midday of Sunday 22 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 11:21:20
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 08:52 on Sat 21 Jun to 11:21 on Sun 22 Jun.

    2031-06-21T00:52:24Z → 2031-06-22T03:21:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 21st, 11:56–12:44 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 2085 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2031: Saturday 21 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2031 falls on Saturday 21 June. Dvitīyā runs from 08:52 on Sat 21 Jun to 11:21 on Sun 22 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2031/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 21 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 21 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:52 → 20:2112:3148 min12:310 min21 Jun
Chicago19:52 → 22:2112:2848 min12:290 min21 Jun
Jersey City20:52 → 23:2112:3448 min12:340 min21 Jun
Port of Spain20:52 → 23:2111:4448 min11:440 min21 Jun
London01:52 → 04:2112:3848 min12:390 min21 Jun
Durban02:52 → 05:2111:3448 min11:340 min21 Jun
Dubai04:52 → 07:2111:5748 min11:570 min21 Jun
Delhi06:22 → 08:5111:5948 min11:590 min21 Jun
Kolkata06:22 → 08:5111:1448 min11:150 min21 Jun
Singapore08:52 → 11:2112:4248 min12:430 min21 Jun
Sydney10:52 → 13:2111:3348 min11:3348 min22 Jun
Suva12:52 → 15:2111:440 min11:4448 min22 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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