Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1918

Tuesday 9 July

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 86 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 9 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 10 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 09:54 on Tue 9 Jul to 10:14 on Wed 10 Jul.

    1918-07-09T08:10:15Z → 1918-07-10T08:30:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 9th, 11:40–12:28 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 5178 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 1918: Tuesday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 1918 falls on Tuesday 9 July. Dvitīyā runs from 09:54 on Tue 9 Jul to 10:14 on Wed 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1918/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 9 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:10 → 01:3012:3448 min12:340 min9 Jul
Chicago03:10 → 03:3012:3148 min12:320 min9 Jul
Jersey City04:10 → 04:3012:3748 min12:370 min9 Jul
Port of Spain04:10 → 04:3011:4748 min11:470 min9 Jul
London09:10 → 09:3012:4148 min12:410 min9 Jul
Durban10:10 → 10:3011:3748 min11:370 min9 Jul
Dubai11:51 → 12:1111:4137 min11:4130 min10 Jul
Delhi13:40 → 14:0012:020 min12:0248 min10 Jul
Kolkata13:40 → 14:0011:170 min11:1748 min10 Jul
Singapore15:10 → 15:3011:450 min11:4648 min10 Jul
Sydney18:10 → 18:3011:360 min11:3648 min10 Jul
Suva20:10 → 20:3011:470 min11:4748 min10 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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