Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1961

Friday 14 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 207 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 14 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 15 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:22  12:10 madhyāhna ends
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58

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 05:26 on Fri 14 Jul to 07:55 on Sat 15 Jul.

    1961-07-13T21:25:38Z → 1961-07-14T23:54:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 on the 14th, 11:22–12:10 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 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 12395 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 1961: Friday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 1961 falls on Friday 14 July. Dvitīyā runs from 05:26 on Fri 14 Jul to 07:55 on Sat 15 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1961/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:26 → 16:5512:340 min12:3548 min14 Jul
Chicago16:26 → 18:5512:320 min12:3248 min14 Jul
Jersey City17:26 → 19:5512:380 min12:3848 min14 Jul
Port of Spain17:26 → 19:5511:480 min11:4848 min14 Jul
London22:26 → 00:5512:420 min12:4248 min14 Jul
Durban23:26 → 01:5511:380 min11:3848 min14 Jul
Dubai01:26 → 03:5512:000 min12:0048 min14 Jul
Delhi02:56 → 05:2512:030 min12:0348 min14 Jul
Kolkata02:56 → 05:2511:180 min11:1848 min14 Jul
Singapore04:56 → 07:2512:160 min12:1648 min14 Jul
Sydney07:26 → 09:5511:370 min11:3748 min14 Jul
Suva09:26 → 11:5511:480 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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