Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1942

Wednesday 15 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 595 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 14 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:21  13:09 madhyāhna ends
11:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:3313:57

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 15 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:21  13:09 madhyāhna ends
11:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:3313:57

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 23:04 on Tue 14 Jul to 00:49 on Thu 16 Jul.

    1942-07-14T14:04:24Z → 1942-07-15T15:48:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:21–13:09 on the 14th, 12:21–13:09 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 35703 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 1942: Wednesday 15 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 1942 falls on Wednesday 15 July. Dvitīyā runs from 23:04 on Tue 14 Jul to 00:49 on Thu 16 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1942/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:04 → 08:4912:3548 min12:350 min14 Jul
Chicago09:04 → 10:4912:3248 min12:320 min14 Jul
Jersey City10:04 → 11:4912:3848 min12:380 min14 Jul
Port of Spain11:04 → 12:4912:4848 min12:481 min15 Jul
London16:04 → 17:4913:420 min13:4248 min15 Jul
Durban16:04 → 17:4911:380 min11:3848 min15 Jul
Dubai18:04 → 19:4912:000 min12:0048 min15 Jul
Delhi19:34 → 21:1912:030 min12:0348 min15 Jul
Kolkata19:34 → 21:1911:180 min11:1848 min15 Jul
Singapore23:04 → 00:4913:460 min13:4648 min15 Jul
Sydney00:04 → 01:4911:370 min11:3748 min15 Jul
Suva02:04 → 03:4911:480 min11:4848 min15 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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