Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2034

Monday 17 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 593 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 16 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 17 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 00:11 on Mon 17 Jul to 22:41 on Mon 17 Jul.

    2034-07-16T16:11:01Z → 2034-07-17T14:41:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 16th, 12:00–12:48 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 35590 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2034: Monday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2034 falls on Monday 17 July. Dvitīyā runs from 00:11 on Mon 17 Jul to 22:41 on Mon 17 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:11 → 07:4112:3548 min12:350 min16 Jul
Chicago11:11 → 09:4112:3348 min12:330 min16 Jul
Jersey City12:11 → 10:4112:3848 min12:380 min16 Jul
Port of Spain12:11 → 10:4111:4825 min11:480 min16 Jul
London17:11 → 15:4112:420 min12:4248 min17 Jul
Durban18:11 → 16:4111:380 min11:3848 min17 Jul
Dubai20:11 → 18:4112:010 min12:0148 min17 Jul
Delhi21:41 → 20:1112:030 min12:0348 min17 Jul
Kolkata21:41 → 20:1111:190 min11:1948 min17 Jul
Singapore00:11 → 22:4112:470 min12:4748 min17 Jul
Sydney02:11 → 00:4111:370 min11:3748 min17 Jul
Suva04:11 → 02:4111:480 min11:4948 min17 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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