Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2068

Sunday 1 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 647 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 30 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 1 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

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

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 23:33 on Sat 30 Jun to 00:24 on Mon 2 Jul.

    2068-06-30T15:33:16Z → 2068-07-01T16:23:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 30th, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 38828 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2068: Sunday 1 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2068 falls on Sunday 1 July. Dvitīyā runs from 23:33 on Sat 30 Jun to 00:24 on Mon 2 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:33 → 09:2412:3348 min12:330 min30 Jun
Chicago10:33 → 11:2412:3148 min12:310 min30 Jun
Jersey City11:33 → 12:2412:3648 min12:370 min30 Jun
Port of Spain11:33 → 12:2411:4648 min11:4637 min1 Jul
London16:33 → 17:2412:400 min12:4148 min1 Jul
Durban17:33 → 18:2411:360 min11:3648 min1 Jul
Dubai19:33 → 20:2411:590 min11:5948 min1 Jul
Delhi21:03 → 21:5412:010 min12:0148 min1 Jul
Kolkata21:03 → 21:5411:170 min11:1748 min1 Jul
Singapore23:33 → 00:2412:450 min12:4548 min1 Jul
Sydney01:33 → 02:2411:350 min11:3548 min1 Jul
Suva03:33 → 04:2411:460 min11:4748 min1 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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