Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2056

Friday 14 July

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 564 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 Thursday 13 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 14 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

Dvitīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 23:29 on Thu 13 Jul to 23:10 on Fri 14 Jul.

    2056-07-13T20:29:15Z → 2056-07-14T20:09:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:57–13:45 on the 13th, 12:57–13:45 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 33847 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 2056: Friday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 2056 falls on Friday 14 July. Dvitīyā runs from 23:29 on Thu 13 Jul to 23:10 on Fri 14 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2056/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:29 → 13:1012:350 min12:3535 min14 Jul
Chicago15:29 → 15:1012:320 min12:3348 min14 Jul
Jersey City16:29 → 16:1012:380 min12:3848 min14 Jul
Port of Spain16:29 → 16:1011:480 min11:4848 min14 Jul
London21:29 → 21:1012:420 min12:4248 min14 Jul
Durban22:29 → 22:1011:380 min11:3848 min14 Jul
Dubai00:29 → 00:1012:010 min12:0148 min14 Jul
Delhi01:59 → 01:4012:030 min12:0348 min14 Jul
Kolkata01:59 → 01:4011:180 min11:1948 min14 Jul
Singapore04:29 → 04:1012:470 min12:4748 min14 Jul
Sydney06:29 → 06:1011:370 min11:3748 min14 Jul
Suva08:29 → 08:1011:480 min11:4848 min14 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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