Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1998

Thursday 25 June

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 59 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 25 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 26 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

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 11:05 on Thu 25 Jun to 09:55 on Fri 26 Jun.

    1998-06-25T02:04:49Z → 1998-06-26T00:55:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 25th, 12:04–12:52 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 3556 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daegu, 1998: Thursday 25 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Rathayātrā 1998 falls on Thursday 25 June. Dvitīyā runs from 11:05 on Thu 25 Jun to 09:55 on Fri 26 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1998/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 Jun
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:05 → 17:5512:3248 min12:320 min25 Jun
Chicago21:05 → 19:5512:2948 min12:290 min25 Jun
Jersey City22:05 → 20:5512:3548 min12:350 min25 Jun
Port of Spain22:05 → 20:5511:4548 min11:450 min25 Jun
London03:05 → 01:5512:3948 min12:390 min25 Jun
Durban04:05 → 02:5511:3448 min11:350 min25 Jun
Dubai06:05 → 04:5511:5748 min11:580 min25 Jun
Delhi07:35 → 06:2512:0048 min12:000 min25 Jun
Kolkata07:35 → 06:2511:1548 min11:150 min25 Jun
Singapore10:05 → 08:5512:4348 min12:430 min25 Jun
Sydney12:05 → 10:5511:3417 min11:340 min25 Jun
Suva14:05 → 12:5511:450 min11:4548 min26 Jun
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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