Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2036

Wednesday 25 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 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 Wednesday 25 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 26 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 07:42 on Wed 25 Jun to 04:13 on Thu 26 Jun.

    2036-06-24T23:42:22Z → 2036-06-25T20:13:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 25th, 11:57–12:45 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 15271 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2036: Wednesday 25 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2036 falls on Wednesday 25 June. Dvitīyā runs from 07:42 on Wed 25 Jun to 04:13 on Thu 26 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:42 → 13:1312:320 min12:3241 min25 Jun
Chicago18:42 → 15:1312:290 min12:2948 min25 Jun
Jersey City19:42 → 16:1312:350 min12:3548 min25 Jun
Port of Spain19:42 → 16:1311:450 min11:4548 min25 Jun
London00:42 → 21:1312:390 min12:3948 min25 Jun
Durban01:42 → 22:1311:350 min11:3548 min25 Jun
Dubai03:42 → 00:1311:570 min11:5848 min25 Jun
Delhi05:12 → 01:4312:000 min12:0048 min25 Jun
Kolkata05:12 → 01:4311:150 min11:1548 min25 Jun
Singapore07:42 → 04:1312:430 min12:4348 min25 Jun
Sydney09:42 → 06:1311:340 min11:3448 min25 Jun
Suva11:42 → 08:1311:450 min11:4548 min25 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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