Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2073

Friday 7 July

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 35 s away. Say “contested”.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 6 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 Friday 7 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 12:43:43
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 14:12 on Thu 6 Jul to 12:44 on Fri 7 Jul.

    2073-07-06T06:11:34Z → 2073-07-07T04:43:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 6th, 11:59–12:47 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 44 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 215 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2073: Friday 7 July.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2073 falls on Friday 7 July. Dvitīyā runs from 14:12 on Thu 6 Jul to 12:44 on Fri 7 Jul and covers 44 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 35 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2073/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:12 → 21:4412:3448 min12:340 min6 Jul
Chicago01:12 → 23:4412:3248 min12:320 min6 Jul
Jersey City02:12 → 00:4412:3748 min12:380 min6 Jul
Port of Spain02:12 → 00:4411:4748 min11:470 min6 Jul
London07:12 → 05:4412:4148 min12:420 min6 Jul
Durban08:12 → 06:4411:3748 min11:370 min6 Jul
Dubai10:12 → 08:4412:0048 min12:000 min6 Jul
Delhi11:42 → 10:1412:0248 min12:020 min6 Jul
Kolkata11:42 → 10:1411:1824 min11:180 min6 Jul
Singapore14:12 → 12:4412:460 min12:460 min7 Jul
Sydney16:12 → 14:4411:360 min11:3748 min7 Jul
Suva18:12 → 16:4411:470 min11:4848 min7 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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