Midday of Saturday 28 June
Qualifies with 44 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:55 13:43 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 12:58:31
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2014
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 47 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 28 June
Qualifies with 44 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Midday of Sunday 29 June
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 12:59 on Sat 28 Jun to 15:06 on Sun 29 Jun.
2014-06-28T09:58:32Z → 2014-06-29T12:05:41Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:55–13:43 on the 28th, 12:55–13:43 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 44 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 227 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 2014: Sunday 29 June.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 2014 falls on Sunday 29 June. Dvitīyā runs from 12:59 on Sat 28 Jun to 15:06 on Sun 29 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 44 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 3 min 47 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 29 Jun |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 29 Jun |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 29 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 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:59 → 05:06 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 28 Jun |
| Chicago | 04:59 → 07:06 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 28 Jun |
| Jersey City | 05:59 → 08:06 | 12:36 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 28 Jun |
| Port of Spain | 05:59 → 08:06 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 28 Jun |
| London | 10:59 → 13:06 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 26 min | 29 Jun |
| Durban | 11:59 → 14:06 | 11:35 | 25 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Dubai | 13:59 → 16:06 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Delhi | 15:29 → 17:36 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Kolkata | 15:29 → 17:36 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Singapore | 17:59 → 20:06 | 12:44 | 0 min | 12:44 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Sydney | 19:59 → 22:06 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 29 Jun |
| Suva | 21:59 → 00:06 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 29 Jun |