Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1969

Wednesday 16 July

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 348 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 15 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 16 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 18:34 on Tue 15 Jul to 20:48 on Wed 16 Jul.

    1969-07-15T16:33:30Z → 1969-07-16T18:48:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 15th, 11:57–12:45 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 20900 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 1969: Wednesday 16 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 1969 falls on Wednesday 16 July. Dvitīyā runs from 18:34 on Tue 15 Jul to 20:48 on Wed 16 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1969/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:34 → 11:4812:3548 min12:350 min15 Jul
Chicago11:34 → 13:4812:3248 min12:3248 min16 Jul
Jersey City12:34 → 14:4812:3848 min12:3848 min16 Jul
Port of Spain12:34 → 14:4811:482 min11:4848 min16 Jul
London17:34 → 19:4812:420 min12:4248 min16 Jul
Durban18:34 → 20:4811:380 min11:3848 min16 Jul
Dubai20:34 → 22:4812:010 min12:0148 min16 Jul
Delhi22:04 → 00:1812:030 min12:0348 min16 Jul
Kolkata22:04 → 00:1811:180 min11:1848 min16 Jul
Singapore00:04 → 02:1812:160 min12:1748 min16 Jul
Sydney02:34 → 04:4811:370 min11:3748 min16 Jul
Suva04:34 → 06:4811:480 min11:4848 min16 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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