Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2042

Thursday 19 June

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 396 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 18 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 19 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

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 21:16 on Wed 18 Jun to 20:17 on Thu 19 Jun.

    2042-06-18T18:16:17Z → 2042-06-19T17:16:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:53–13:41 on the 18th, 12:53–13:41 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 23732 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 2042: Thursday 19 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 2042 falls on Thursday 19 June. Dvitīyā runs from 21:16 on Wed 18 Jun to 20:17 on Thu 19 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2042/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:16 → 10:1712:3048 min12:310 min18 Jun
Chicago13:16 → 12:1712:280 min12:280 min19 Jun
Jersey City14:16 → 13:1712:340 min12:3443 min19 Jun
Port of Spain14:16 → 13:1711:430 min11:4448 min19 Jun
London19:16 → 18:1712:380 min12:3848 min19 Jun
Durban20:16 → 19:1711:330 min11:3348 min19 Jun
Dubai22:16 → 21:1711:560 min11:5648 min19 Jun
Delhi23:46 → 22:4711:580 min11:5948 min19 Jun
Kolkata23:46 → 22:4711:140 min11:1448 min19 Jun
Singapore02:16 → 01:1712:420 min12:4248 min19 Jun
Sydney04:16 → 03:1711:320 min11:3348 min19 Jun
Suva06:16 → 05:1711:430 min11:4448 min19 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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