Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1959

Wednesday 8 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 18 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 7 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:01:23
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 8 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 11:38:24
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

18 of 48 minutes covered, the first 18

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 11:01 on Tue 7 Jul to 11:38 on Wed 8 Jul.

    1959-07-07T03:01:24Z → 1959-07-08T03:38:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 7th, 11:21–12:09 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 18 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1069 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 1959: Wednesday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 1959 falls on Wednesday 8 July. Dvitīyā runs from 11:01 on Tue 7 Jul to 11:38 on Wed 8 Jul and covers 18 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1959/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:01 → 20:3812:3448 min12:340 min7 Jul
Chicago22:01 → 22:3812:3148 min12:310 min7 Jul
Jersey City23:01 → 23:3812:3748 min12:370 min7 Jul
Port of Spain23:01 → 23:3811:4748 min11:470 min7 Jul
London04:01 → 04:3812:4148 min12:410 min7 Jul
Durban05:01 → 05:3811:3748 min11:370 min7 Jul
Dubai07:01 → 07:3811:5948 min12:000 min7 Jul
Delhi08:31 → 09:0812:0248 min12:020 min7 Jul
Kolkata08:31 → 09:0811:1748 min11:170 min7 Jul
Singapore10:31 → 11:0812:1548 min12:150 min7 Jul
Sydney13:01 → 13:3811:360 min11:3648 min8 Jul
Suva15:01 → 15:3811:470 min11:4748 min8 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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