Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2017

Sunday 25 June

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 529 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 Saturday 24 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 25 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

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 01:51 on Sun 25 Jun to 22:32 on Sun 25 Jun.

    2017-06-24T22:51:04Z → 2017-06-25T19:31:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:54–13:42 on the 24th, 12:54–13:42 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 31767 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 2017: Sunday 25 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 2017 falls on Sunday 25 June. Dvitīyā runs from 01:51 on Sun 25 Jun to 22:32 on Sun 25 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2017/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 25 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 25 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:51 → 12:3212:310 min12:320 min25 Jun
Chicago17:51 → 14:3212:290 min12:2948 min25 Jun
Jersey City18:51 → 15:3212:350 min12:3548 min25 Jun
Port of Spain18:51 → 15:3211:450 min11:4548 min25 Jun
London23:51 → 20:3212:390 min12:3948 min25 Jun
Durban00:51 → 21:3211:340 min11:3548 min25 Jun
Dubai02:51 → 23:3211:570 min11:5748 min25 Jun
Delhi04:21 → 01:0211:590 min12:0048 min25 Jun
Kolkata04:21 → 01:0211:150 min11:1548 min25 Jun
Singapore06:51 → 03:3212:430 min12:4348 min25 Jun
Sydney08:51 → 05:3211:340 min11:3448 min25 Jun
Suva10:51 → 07:3211:450 min11:4548 min25 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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