Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2055

Saturday 26 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 297 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 Saturday 26 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 Sunday 27 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 07:01 on Sat 26 Jun to 05:24 on Sun 27 Jun.

    2055-06-25T23:00:34Z → 2055-06-26T21:23:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 26th, 11:57–12:45 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 17792 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2055: Saturday 26 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2055 falls on Saturday 26 June. Dvitīyā runs from 07:01 on Sat 26 Jun to 05:24 on Sun 27 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2055/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:01 → 14:2412:320 min12:3248 min26 Jun
Chicago18:01 → 16:2412:290 min12:3048 min26 Jun
Jersey City19:01 → 17:2412:350 min12:3548 min26 Jun
Port of Spain19:01 → 17:2411:450 min11:4548 min26 Jun
London00:01 → 22:2412:390 min12:3948 min26 Jun
Durban01:01 → 23:2411:350 min11:3548 min26 Jun
Dubai03:01 → 01:2411:580 min11:5848 min26 Jun
Delhi04:31 → 02:5412:000 min12:0048 min26 Jun
Kolkata04:31 → 02:5411:150 min11:1648 min26 Jun
Singapore07:01 → 05:2412:430 min12:4448 min26 Jun
Sydney09:01 → 07:2411:340 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Suva11:01 → 09:2411:450 min11:4548 min26 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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