Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2070

Wednesday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 366 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 Wednesday 9 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 10 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 05:54 on Wed 9 Jul to 02:56 on Thu 10 Jul.

    2070-07-08T21:53:38Z → 2070-07-09T18:55:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 9th, 12:00–12:48 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 21955 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2070: Wednesday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2070 falls on Wednesday 9 July. Dvitīyā runs from 05:54 on Wed 9 Jul to 02:56 on Thu 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2070/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:54 → 11:5612:340 min12:350 min9 Jul
Chicago16:54 → 13:5612:320 min12:3248 min9 Jul
Jersey City17:54 → 14:5612:380 min12:3848 min9 Jul
Port of Spain17:54 → 14:5611:480 min11:4848 min9 Jul
London22:54 → 19:5612:420 min12:4248 min9 Jul
Durban23:54 → 20:5611:370 min11:3848 min9 Jul
Dubai01:54 → 22:5612:000 min12:0048 min9 Jul
Delhi03:24 → 00:2612:020 min12:0348 min9 Jul
Kolkata03:24 → 00:2611:180 min11:1848 min9 Jul
Singapore05:54 → 02:5612:460 min12:4648 min9 Jul
Sydney07:54 → 04:5611:370 min11:3748 min9 Jul
Suva09:54 → 06:5611:480 min11:4848 min9 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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