Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1935

Tuesday 2 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 304 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 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

Dvitīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 04:45 on Tue 2 Jul to 06:15 on Wed 3 Jul.

    1935-07-01T20:45:11Z → 1935-07-02T22:15:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 2nd, 11:20–12:08 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 18267 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 1935: Tuesday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 1935 falls on Tuesday 2 July. Dvitīyā runs from 04:45 on Tue 2 Jul to 06:15 on Wed 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1935/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles12:45 → 14:1511:320 min11:3348 min2 Jul
Chicago15:45 → 17:1512:300 min12:3048 min2 Jul
Jersey City16:45 → 18:1512:360 min12:3648 min2 Jul
Port of Spain16:45 → 18:1511:460 min11:4648 min2 Jul
London21:45 → 23:1512:400 min12:4048 min2 Jul
Durban22:45 → 00:1511:350 min11:3648 min2 Jul
Dubai00:45 → 02:1511:580 min11:5848 min2 Jul
Delhi02:15 → 03:4512:000 min12:0148 min2 Jul
Kolkata02:15 → 03:4511:160 min11:1648 min2 Jul
Singapore04:05 → 05:3512:040 min12:0448 min2 Jul
Sydney06:45 → 08:1511:350 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva08:45 → 10:1511:460 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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