Midday of Sunday 14 July
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:58 13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2075
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 32 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 14 July
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 15 July
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 11:35 on Sun 14 Jul to 13:42 on Mon 15 Jul.
2075-07-14T08:35:15Z → 2075-07-15T10:42:06Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:58–13:46 on the 14th, 12:58–13:46 on the 15th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 44 of 48 on the 15th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 212 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 2075: Monday 15 July.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 2075 falls on Monday 15 July. Dvitīyā runs from 11:35 on Sun 14 Jul to 13:42 on Mon 15 Jul and covers 44 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 3 min 32 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 15 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 15 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 15 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rathayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvitīyā | Madhyāhna 14th | Covered | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:35 → 03:42 | 12:35 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 14 Jul |
| Chicago | 03:35 → 05:42 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 14 Jul |
| Jersey City | 04:35 → 06:42 | 12:38 | 48 min | 12:38 | 0 min | 14 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 04:35 → 06:42 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 14 Jul |
| London | 09:35 → 11:42 | 12:42 | 48 min | 12:42 | 0 min | 14 Jul |
| Durban | 10:35 → 12:42 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 15 Jul |
| Dubai | 12:35 → 14:42 | 12:01 | 14 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 15 Jul |
| Delhi | 14:05 → 16:12 | 12:03 | 0 min | 12:03 | 48 min | 15 Jul |
| Kolkata | 14:05 → 16:12 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 15 Jul |
| Singapore | 16:35 → 18:42 | 12:47 | 0 min | 12:47 | 48 min | 15 Jul |
| Sydney | 18:35 → 20:42 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 15 Jul |
| Suva | 20:35 → 22:42 | 11:49 | 0 min | 11:49 | 48 min | 15 Jul |