Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1978

Friday 7 July

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 501 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 6 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 7 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 21:15 on Thu 6 Jul to 23:41 on Fri 7 Jul.

    1978-07-06T12:15:21Z → 1978-07-07T14:40:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 6th, 12:06–12:54 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 30078 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daegu, 1978: Friday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Rathayātrā 1978 falls on Friday 7 July. Dvitīyā runs from 21:15 on Thu 6 Jul to 23:41 on Fri 7 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1978/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:15 → 07:4112:3448 min12:340 min6 Jul
Chicago07:15 → 09:4112:3148 min12:310 min6 Jul
Jersey City08:15 → 10:4112:3748 min12:370 min6 Jul
Port of Spain08:15 → 10:4111:4748 min11:470 min6 Jul
London13:15 → 15:4112:4114 min12:4148 min7 Jul
Durban14:15 → 16:4111:370 min11:3748 min7 Jul
Dubai16:15 → 18:4111:590 min11:5948 min7 Jul
Delhi17:45 → 20:1112:020 min12:0248 min7 Jul
Kolkata17:45 → 20:1111:170 min11:1748 min7 Jul
Singapore19:45 → 22:1112:150 min12:1548 min7 Jul
Sydney22:15 → 00:4111:360 min11:3648 min7 Jul
Suva00:15 → 02:4111:470 min11:4748 min7 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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