Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2063

Thursday 28 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 22 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 Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 28 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 12:19:04
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

22 of 48 minutes covered, the first 22

Dvitīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 15:27 on Wed 27 Jun to 12:19 on Thu 28 Jun.

    2063-06-27T07:27:03Z → 2063-06-28T04:19:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 27th, 11:58–12:46 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 22 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 1292 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2063: Thursday 28 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2063 falls on Thursday 28 June. Dvitīyā runs from 15:27 on Wed 27 Jun to 12:19 on Thu 28 Jun and covers 22 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2063/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:27 → 21:1912:3248 min12:330 min27 Jun
Chicago02:27 → 23:1912:3048 min12:300 min27 Jun
Jersey City03:27 → 00:1912:3648 min12:360 min27 Jun
Port of Spain03:27 → 00:1911:4548 min11:460 min27 Jun
London08:27 → 05:1912:4048 min12:400 min27 Jun
Durban09:27 → 06:1911:3548 min11:350 min27 Jun
Dubai11:27 → 08:1911:5848 min11:580 min27 Jun
Delhi12:57 → 09:4912:000 min12:010 min28 Jun
Kolkata12:57 → 09:4911:160 min11:160 min28 Jun
Singapore15:27 → 12:1912:440 min12:440 min28 Jun
Sydney17:27 → 14:1911:340 min11:3548 min28 Jun
Suva19:27 → 16:1911:460 min11:4648 min28 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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