Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2026

Wednesday 15 July

Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 543 minutes.

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41°51′ N 87°39′ W · America/Chicago · GeoNames 4887398

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 14 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:32  13:20 madhyāhna ends
11:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:08

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 15 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:32  13:20 madhyāhna ends
11:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:08

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 01:22 on Wed 15 Jul to 22:23 on Wed 15 Jul.

    2026-07-15T06:21:31Z → 2026-07-16T03:23:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:32–13:20 on the 14th, 12:32–13:20 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 32583 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Chicago, 2026: Wednesday 15 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chicago, Rathayātrā 2026 falls on Wednesday 15 July. Dvitīyā runs from 01:22 on Wed 15 Jul to 22:23 on Wed 15 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chicago/festivals/2026/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago.

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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:22 → 20:2312:3548 min12:350 min15 Jul
Chicago01:22 → 22:2312:3248 min12:330 min15 Jul
Jersey City02:22 → 23:2312:3848 min12:380 min15 Jul
Port of Spain02:22 → 23:2311:4848 min11:480 min15 Jul
London07:22 → 04:2312:4248 min12:420 min15 Jul
Durban08:22 → 05:2311:3848 min11:380 min15 Jul
Dubai10:22 → 07:2312:0148 min12:010 min15 Jul
Delhi11:52 → 08:5312:0348 min12:030 min15 Jul
Kolkata11:52 → 08:5311:1815 min11:190 min15 Jul
Singapore14:22 → 11:2312:470 min12:470 min16 Jul
Sydney16:22 → 13:2311:370 min11:3748 min16 Jul
Suva18:22 → 15:2311:480 min11:4848 min16 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