Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1924

Friday 4 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 202 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 3 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 4 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 15:30 on Thu 3 Jul to 17:07 on Fri 4 Jul.

    1924-07-03T07:30:04Z → 1924-07-04T09:07:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 3rd, 11:20–12:08 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 12137 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 1924: Friday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 1924 falls on Friday 4 July. Dvitīyā runs from 15:30 on Thu 3 Jul to 17:07 on Fri 4 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1924/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:30 → 01:0711:3348 min11:330 min3 Jul
Chicago02:30 → 04:0712:3148 min12:310 min3 Jul
Jersey City03:30 → 05:0712:3648 min12:360 min3 Jul
Port of Spain03:30 → 05:0711:4648 min11:460 min3 Jul
London08:30 → 10:0712:4048 min12:400 min3 Jul
Durban09:30 → 11:0711:3648 min11:360 min3 Jul
Dubai11:30 → 13:0711:5948 min11:5948 min4 Jul
Delhi13:00 → 14:3712:010 min12:0148 min4 Jul
Kolkata13:00 → 14:3711:160 min11:1748 min4 Jul
Singapore14:30 → 16:0711:450 min11:4548 min4 Jul
Sydney17:30 → 19:0711:350 min11:3548 min4 Jul
Suva19:30 → 21:0711:460 min11:4648 min4 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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