Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1943

Sunday 4 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 585 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 Sunday 4 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:20  13:08 madhyāhna ends
11:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:3213:56

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 5 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:20  13:08 madhyāhna ends
11:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:3213:56

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 00:03 on Sun 4 Jul to 02:35 on Mon 5 Jul.

    1943-07-03T15:02:51Z → 1943-07-04T17:34:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:20–13:08 on the 4th, 12:20–13:08 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 35125 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 1943: Sunday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 1943 falls on Sunday 4 July. Dvitīyā runs from 00:03 on Sun 4 Jul to 02:35 on Mon 5 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1943/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 Angeles08:03 → 10:3512:3348 min12:330 min3 Jul
Chicago10:03 → 12:3512:3048 min12:314 min4 Jul
Jersey City11:03 → 13:3512:3648 min12:3648 min4 Jul
Port of Spain12:03 → 14:3512:4648 min12:4648 min4 Jul
London17:03 → 19:3513:400 min13:4048 min4 Jul
Durban17:03 → 19:3511:360 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Dubai19:03 → 21:3511:590 min11:5948 min4 Jul
Delhi21:33 → 00:0513:010 min13:0148 min4 Jul
Kolkata21:33 → 00:0512:160 min12:1748 min4 Jul
Singapore00:03 → 02:3513:440 min13:4548 min4 Jul
Sydney01:03 → 03:3511:350 min11:3548 min4 Jul
Suva03:03 → 05:3511:460 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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