Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1916

Sunday 2 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 551 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 Saturday 1 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:19  12:07 madhyāhna ends
10:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:55

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 2 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

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 21:18 on Sat 1 Jul to 23:53 on Sun 2 Jul.

    1916-07-01T13:17:57Z → 1916-07-02T15:52:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:19–12:07 on the 1st, 11:20–12:08 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 33033 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 1916: Sunday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 1916 falls on Sunday 2 July. Dvitīyā runs from 21:18 on Sat 1 Jul to 23:53 on Sun 2 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1916/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 2 Jul
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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:18 → 07:5311:3348 min11:330 min1 Jul
Chicago07:18 → 09:5311:3048 min11:300 min1 Jul
Jersey City08:18 → 10:5311:3648 min11:360 min1 Jul
Port of Spain09:18 → 11:5311:4648 min11:467 min2 Jul
London14:18 → 16:5312:400 min12:4048 min2 Jul
Durban15:18 → 17:5311:350 min11:3648 min2 Jul
Dubai16:59 → 19:3411:390 min11:3948 min2 Jul
Delhi18:48 → 21:2312:010 min12:0148 min2 Jul
Kolkata18:48 → 21:2311:160 min11:1648 min2 Jul
Singapore20:18 → 22:5311:440 min11:4448 min2 Jul
Sydney23:18 → 01:5311:350 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva01:18 → 03:5311:460 min11:4648 min2 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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