Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1951

Friday 6 July

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 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 Thursday 5 July

Qualifies with 37 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 12:07:12
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

37 of 48 minutes covered, the last 37

Midday of Friday 6 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 12:07 on Thu 5 Jul to 14:17 on Fri 6 Jul.

    1951-07-05T10:07:13Z → 1951-07-06T12:17:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 5th, 11:56–12:44 on the 6th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 37 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 688 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 1951: Friday 6 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 1951 falls on Friday 6 July. Dvitīyā runs from 12:07 on Thu 5 Jul to 14:17 on Fri 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 37 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1951/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:07 → 05:1712:3348 min12:330 min5 Jul
Chicago05:07 → 07:1712:3148 min12:310 min5 Jul
Jersey City06:07 → 08:1712:3748 min12:370 min5 Jul
Port of Spain06:07 → 08:1711:4648 min11:470 min5 Jul
London11:07 → 13:1712:4148 min12:4136 min6 Jul
Durban12:07 → 14:1711:3617 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Dubai14:07 → 16:1711:590 min11:5948 min6 Jul
Delhi15:37 → 17:4712:010 min12:0148 min6 Jul
Kolkata15:37 → 17:4711:170 min11:1748 min6 Jul
Singapore17:37 → 19:4712:150 min12:1548 min6 Jul
Sydney20:07 → 22:1711:350 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Suva22:07 → 00:1711:470 min11:4748 min6 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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