Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2062

Saturday 8 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 329 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 7 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 Saturday 8 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

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

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 21:59 on Fri 7 Jul to 18:16 on Sat 8 Jul.

    2062-07-07T13:58:51Z → 2062-07-08T10:15:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 7th, 11:59–12:47 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 19714 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2062: Saturday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2062 falls on Saturday 8 July. Dvitīyā runs from 21:59 on Fri 7 Jul to 18:16 on Sat 8 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2062/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:59 → 03:1612:3448 min12:340 min7 Jul
Chicago08:59 → 05:1612:3248 min12:320 min7 Jul
Jersey City09:59 → 06:1612:3748 min12:380 min7 Jul
Port of Spain09:59 → 06:1611:4748 min11:470 min7 Jul
London14:59 → 11:1612:410 min12:420 min8 Jul
Durban15:59 → 12:1611:370 min11:3739 min8 Jul
Dubai17:59 → 14:1612:000 min12:0048 min8 Jul
Delhi19:29 → 15:4612:020 min12:0248 min8 Jul
Kolkata19:29 → 15:4611:180 min11:1848 min8 Jul
Singapore21:59 → 18:1612:460 min12:4648 min8 Jul
Sydney23:59 → 20:1611:360 min11:3748 min8 Jul
Suva01:59 → 22:1611:470 min11:4848 min8 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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