Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2039

Thursday 23 June

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 533 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 Wednesday 22 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 Thursday 23 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 22:35 on Wed 22 Jun to 00:29 on Fri 24 Jun.

    2039-06-22T19:35:05Z → 2039-06-23T21:29:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:54–13:42 on the 22nd, 12:54–13:42 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 32009 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 2039: Thursday 23 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 2039 falls on Thursday 23 June. Dvitīyā runs from 22:35 on Wed 22 Jun to 00:29 on Fri 24 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2039/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:35 → 14:2912:3144 min12:3148 min23 Jun
Chicago14:35 → 16:2912:290 min12:2948 min23 Jun
Jersey City15:35 → 17:2912:340 min12:3548 min23 Jun
Port of Spain15:35 → 17:2911:440 min11:4448 min23 Jun
London20:35 → 22:2912:390 min12:3948 min23 Jun
Durban21:35 → 23:2911:340 min11:3448 min23 Jun
Dubai23:35 → 01:2911:570 min11:5748 min23 Jun
Delhi01:05 → 02:5911:590 min11:5948 min23 Jun
Kolkata01:05 → 02:5911:150 min11:1548 min23 Jun
Singapore03:35 → 05:2912:430 min12:4348 min23 Jun
Sydney05:35 → 07:2911:330 min11:3348 min23 Jun
Suva07:35 → 09:2911:440 min11:4448 min23 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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