Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1934

Friday 13 July

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 535 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Thursday 12 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:57  13:45 madhyāhna ends
12:0912:3312:5713:2113:4514:0914:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 13 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:57  13:45 madhyāhna ends
12:0912:3312:5713:2113:4514:0914:33

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 22:40 on Thu 12 Jul to 01:16 on Sat 14 Jul.

    1934-07-12T19:39:52Z → 1934-07-13T22:15:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:57–13:45 on the 12th, 12:57–13:45 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 32109 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 1934: Friday 13 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 1934 falls on Friday 13 July. Dvitīyā runs from 22:40 on Thu 12 Jul to 01:16 on Sat 14 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1934/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:40 → 14:1611:3442 min11:3448 min13 Jul
Chicago14:40 → 17:1612:320 min12:3248 min13 Jul
Jersey City15:40 → 18:1612:380 min12:3848 min13 Jul
Port of Spain15:40 → 18:1611:470 min11:4848 min13 Jul
London20:40 → 23:1612:420 min12:4248 min13 Jul
Durban21:40 → 00:1611:370 min11:3748 min13 Jul
Dubai23:40 → 02:1612:000 min12:0048 min13 Jul
Delhi01:10 → 03:4612:020 min12:0248 min13 Jul
Kolkata01:10 → 03:4611:180 min11:1848 min13 Jul
Singapore03:00 → 05:3612:060 min12:0648 min13 Jul
Sydney05:40 → 08:1611:370 min11:3748 min13 Jul
Suva07:40 → 10:1611:480 min11:4848 min13 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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