Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1966

Monday 20 June

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 295 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 19 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 20 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 20:03 on Sun 19 Jun to 17:35 on Mon 20 Jun.

    1966-06-19T18:02:40Z → 1966-06-20T15:35:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 19th, 11:53–12:41 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 17672 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 1966: Monday 20 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 1966 falls on Monday 20 June. Dvitīyā runs from 20:03 on Sun 19 Jun to 17:35 on Mon 20 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1966/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 20 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 20 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:03 → 08:3512:3048 min12:300 min19 Jun
Chicago13:03 → 10:3512:2813 min12:280 min19 Jun
Jersey City14:03 → 11:3512:340 min12:340 min20 Jun
Port of Spain14:03 → 11:3511:430 min11:430 min20 Jun
London19:03 → 16:3512:380 min12:3848 min20 Jun
Durban20:03 → 17:3511:330 min11:3348 min20 Jun
Dubai22:03 → 19:3511:560 min11:5648 min20 Jun
Delhi23:33 → 21:0511:580 min11:5848 min20 Jun
Kolkata23:33 → 21:0511:140 min11:1448 min20 Jun
Singapore01:33 → 23:0512:120 min12:1248 min20 Jun
Sydney04:03 → 01:3511:320 min11:3248 min20 Jun
Suva06:03 → 03:3511:430 min11:4448 min20 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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