Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2054

Tuesday 7 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 6 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

Midday of Tuesday 7 July

Taken. Dvitīyā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 11:45:24
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 15:12 on Mon 6 Jul to 11:45 on Tue 7 Jul.

    2054-07-06T07:11:30Z → 2054-07-07T03:45:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 6th, 11:59–12:47 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 823 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2054: Tuesday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2054 falls on Tuesday 7 July. Dvitīyā runs from 15:12 on Mon 6 Jul to 11:45 on Tue 7 Jul, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2054/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles00:12 → 20:4512:3448 min12:340 min6 Jul
Chicago02:12 → 22:4512:3148 min12:320 min6 Jul
Jersey City03:12 → 23:4512:3748 min12:370 min6 Jul
Port of Spain03:12 → 23:4511:4748 min11:470 min6 Jul
London08:12 → 04:4512:4148 min12:410 min6 Jul
Durban09:12 → 05:4511:3748 min11:370 min6 Jul
Dubai11:12 → 07:4512:0048 min12:000 min6 Jul
Delhi12:42 → 09:1512:028 min12:020 min6 Jul
Kolkata12:42 → 09:1511:170 min11:180 min7 Jul
Singapore15:12 → 11:4512:460 min12:460 min7 Jul
Sydney17:12 → 13:4511:360 min11:3648 min7 Jul
Suva19:12 → 15:4511:470 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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