Midday of Sunday 18 June
Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:52 13:40 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 13:43:19
12:0412:2812:5213:1613:4014:0414:28
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1939
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 56 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 18 June
Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 19 June
Taken. Dvitīyā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 13:43 on Sun 18 Jun to 10:36 on Mon 19 Jun.
1939-06-18T10:43:20Z → 1939-06-19T07:35:35Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:52–13:40 on the 18th, 12:53–13:41 on the 19th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 176 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 1939: Monday 19 June.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 1939 falls on Monday 19 June. Dvitīyā runs from 13:43 on Sun 18 Jun to 10:36 on Mon 19 Jun, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 2 min 56 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 19 Jun |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 19 Jun |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 18 Jun |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rathayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvitīyā | Madhyāhna 18th | Covered | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:43 → 23:36 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 18 Jun |
| Chicago | 05:43 → 02:36 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 18 Jun |
| Jersey City | 06:43 → 03:36 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 18 Jun |
| Port of Spain | 06:43 → 03:36 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 18 Jun |
| London | 11:43 → 08:36 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:38 | 0 min | 18 Jun |
| Durban | 12:43 → 09:36 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 19 Jun |
| Dubai | 14:43 → 11:36 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 19 Jun |
| Delhi | 16:13 → 13:06 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 19 Jun |
| Kolkata | 16:13 → 13:06 | 11:13 | 0 min | 11:14 | 48 min | 19 Jun |
| Singapore | 18:03 → 14:56 | 12:01 | 0 min | 12:02 | 48 min | 19 Jun |
| Sydney | 20:43 → 17:36 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 19 Jun |
| Suva | 22:43 → 19:36 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 19 Jun |