Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1914

Thursday 25 June

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 663 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 24 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 25 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

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 23:33 on Wed 24 Jun to 23:09 on Thu 25 Jun.

    1914-06-24T15:33:06Z → 1914-06-25T15:08:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:18–12:06 on the 24th, 11:18–12:06 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 39764 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 1914: Thursday 25 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 1914 falls on Thursday 25 June. Dvitīyā runs from 23:33 on Wed 24 Jun to 23:09 on Thu 25 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1914/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 Daqing.

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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:33 → 07:0911:3148 min11:310 min24 Jun
Chicago09:33 → 09:0911:2948 min11:290 min24 Jun
Jersey City10:33 → 10:0911:3448 min11:350 min24 Jun
Port of Spain11:33 → 11:0911:4448 min11:440 min24 Jun
London15:33 → 15:0911:380 min11:3948 min25 Jun
Durban17:33 → 17:0911:340 min11:3448 min25 Jun
Dubai19:14 → 18:5011:380 min11:3848 min25 Jun
Delhi21:03 → 20:3911:590 min11:5948 min25 Jun
Kolkata21:03 → 20:3911:150 min11:1548 min25 Jun
Singapore22:33 → 22:0911:430 min11:4348 min25 Jun
Sydney01:33 → 01:0911:330 min11:3348 min25 Jun
Suva03:28 → 03:0411:390 min11:3948 min25 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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