Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2057

Tuesday 3 July

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 349 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 Tuesday 3 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 4 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

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 05:06 on Tue 3 Jul to 07:07 on Wed 4 Jul.

    2057-07-03T02:06:21Z → 2057-07-04T04:07:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 3rd, 12:56–13:44 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 20944 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 2057: Tuesday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 2057 falls on Tuesday 3 July. Dvitīyā runs from 05:06 on Tue 3 Jul to 07:07 on Wed 4 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2057/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:06 → 21:0712:3348 min12:340 min3 Jul
Chicago21:06 → 23:0712:3148 min12:310 min3 Jul
Jersey City22:06 → 00:0712:3748 min12:370 min3 Jul
Port of Spain22:06 → 00:0711:4748 min11:470 min3 Jul
London03:06 → 05:0712:4148 min12:410 min3 Jul
Durban04:06 → 06:0711:3648 min11:370 min3 Jul
Dubai06:06 → 08:0711:5948 min11:590 min3 Jul
Delhi07:36 → 09:3712:0248 min12:020 min3 Jul
Kolkata07:36 → 09:3711:1748 min11:170 min3 Jul
Singapore10:06 → 12:0712:4548 min12:450 min3 Jul
Sydney12:06 → 14:0711:3617 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Suva14:06 → 16:0711:470 min11:4748 min4 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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