Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2087

Wednesday 2 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.

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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 Tuesday 1 July

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 Wednesday 2 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 13:03:35
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 15:04 on Tue 1 Jul to 13:04 on Wed 2 Jul.

    2087-07-01T07:04:03Z → 2087-07-02T05:03:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:59–12:47 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 1023 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Baoding, 2087: Wednesday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rathayātrā 2087 falls on Wednesday 2 July. Dvitīyā runs from 15:04 on Tue 1 Jul to 13:04 on Wed 2 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2087/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:04 → 22:0412:3348 min12:340 min1 Jul
Chicago02:04 → 00:0412:3148 min12:310 min1 Jul
Jersey City03:04 → 01:0412:3748 min12:370 min1 Jul
Port of Spain03:04 → 01:0411:4648 min11:470 min1 Jul
London08:04 → 06:0412:4148 min12:410 min1 Jul
Durban09:04 → 07:0411:3648 min11:360 min1 Jul
Dubai11:04 → 09:0411:5948 min11:590 min1 Jul
Delhi12:34 → 10:3412:0115 min12:020 min1 Jul
Kolkata12:34 → 10:3411:170 min11:170 min2 Jul
Singapore15:04 → 13:0412:450 min12:4518 min2 Jul
Sydney17:04 → 15:0411:360 min11:3648 min2 Jul
Suva19:04 → 17:0411:470 min11:4748 min2 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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