Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2015

Friday 17 July

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 390 minutes.

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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 Friday 17 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:57  13:45 madhyāhna ends
12:0912:3312:5713:2113:4514:0914:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 18 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

0 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 05:10 on Fri 17 Jul to 06:28 on Sat 18 Jul.

    2015-07-17T02:10:15Z → 2015-07-18T03:27:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:57–13:45 on the 17th, 12:58–13:46 on the 18th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 23374 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 2015: Friday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 2015 falls on Friday 17 July. Dvitīyā runs from 05:10 on Fri 17 Jul to 06:28 on Sat 18 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2015/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 17 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:10 → 20:2812:3548 min12:350 min17 Jul
Chicago21:10 → 22:2812:3348 min12:330 min17 Jul
Jersey City22:10 → 23:2812:3848 min12:380 min17 Jul
Port of Spain22:10 → 23:2811:4848 min11:480 min17 Jul
London03:10 → 04:2812:4248 min12:420 min17 Jul
Durban04:10 → 05:2811:3848 min11:380 min17 Jul
Dubai06:10 → 07:2812:0148 min12:010 min17 Jul
Delhi07:40 → 08:5812:0348 min12:030 min17 Jul
Kolkata07:40 → 08:5811:1948 min11:190 min17 Jul
Singapore10:10 → 11:2812:4748 min12:470 min17 Jul
Sydney12:10 → 13:2811:3715 min11:3748 min18 Jul
Suva14:10 → 15:2811:480 min11:4948 min18 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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