Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1933

Saturday 24 June

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 251 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 24 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 25 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

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 06:38 on Sat 24 Jun to 08:43 on Sun 25 Jun.

    1933-06-24T03:38:03Z → 1933-06-25T05:42:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:54–13:42 on the 24th, 12:54–13:42 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 15068 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 1933: Saturday 24 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 1933 falls on Saturday 24 June. Dvitīyā runs from 06:38 on Sat 24 Jun to 08:43 on Sun 25 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1933/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 Jun
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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:38 → 21:4311:3148 min11:310 min24 Jun
Chicago22:38 → 00:4312:2948 min12:290 min24 Jun
Jersey City23:38 → 01:4312:3448 min12:350 min24 Jun
Port of Spain23:38 → 01:4311:4448 min11:440 min24 Jun
London04:38 → 06:4312:3948 min12:390 min24 Jun
Durban05:38 → 07:4311:3448 min11:340 min24 Jun
Dubai07:38 → 09:4311:5748 min11:570 min24 Jun
Delhi09:08 → 11:1311:5948 min11:590 min24 Jun
Kolkata09:08 → 11:1311:1548 min11:150 min24 Jun
Singapore10:58 → 13:0312:0348 min12:0348 min25 Jun
Sydney13:38 → 15:4311:330 min11:3348 min25 Jun
Suva15:38 → 17:4311:440 min11:4548 min25 Jun
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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