Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2022

Friday 1 July

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 30 June

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:32  12:20 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:19:48
10:4411:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:08

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 1 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:32  12:20 madhyāhna ends
10:4411:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:08

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 11:20 on Thu 30 Jun to 13:40 on Fri 1 Jul.

    2022-06-30T05:19:48Z → 2022-07-01T07:39:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:32–12:20 on the 30th, 11:32–12:20 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 750 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Chattogram, 2022: Friday 1 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Rathayātrā 2022 falls on Friday 1 July. Dvitīyā runs from 11:20 on Thu 30 Jun to 13:40 on Fri 1 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2022/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:20 → 00:4012:3348 min12:330 min30 Jun
Chicago00:20 → 02:4012:3048 min12:300 min30 Jun
Jersey City01:20 → 03:4012:3648 min12:360 min30 Jun
Port of Spain01:20 → 03:4011:4648 min11:460 min30 Jun
London06:20 → 08:4012:4048 min12:400 min30 Jun
Durban07:20 → 09:4011:3648 min11:360 min30 Jun
Dubai09:20 → 11:4011:5848 min11:590 min30 Jun
Delhi10:50 → 13:1012:0148 min12:0148 min1 Jul
Kolkata10:50 → 13:1011:1648 min11:1648 min1 Jul
Singapore13:20 → 15:4012:4412 min12:4448 min1 Jul
Sydney15:20 → 17:4011:350 min11:3548 min1 Jul
Suva17:20 → 19:4011:460 min11:4648 min1 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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