Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2051

Sunday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 48 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 9 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:11:26
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 10 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 11:11 on Sun 9 Jul to 10:48 on Mon 10 Jul.

    2051-07-09T03:11:26Z → 2051-07-10T02:47:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 2874 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2051: Sunday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2051 falls on Sunday 9 July. Dvitīyā runs from 11:11 on Sun 9 Jul to 10:48 on Mon 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2051/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:11 → 19:4812:3448 min12:340 min9 Jul
Chicago22:11 → 21:4812:3248 min12:320 min9 Jul
Jersey City23:11 → 22:4812:3848 min12:380 min9 Jul
Port of Spain23:11 → 22:4811:4748 min11:480 min9 Jul
London04:11 → 03:4812:4248 min12:420 min9 Jul
Durban05:11 → 04:4811:3748 min11:370 min9 Jul
Dubai07:11 → 06:4812:0048 min12:000 min9 Jul
Delhi08:41 → 08:1812:0248 min12:020 min9 Jul
Kolkata08:41 → 08:1811:1848 min11:180 min9 Jul
Singapore11:11 → 10:4812:4648 min12:460 min9 Jul
Sydney13:11 → 12:4811:370 min11:3748 min10 Jul
Suva15:11 → 14:4811:480 min11:4848 min10 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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