Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1996

Wednesday 17 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 376 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 Wednesday 17 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 18 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 02:39 on Wed 17 Jul to 05:06 on Thu 18 Jul.

    1996-07-16T18:39:17Z → 1996-07-17T21:06:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:22–12:10 on the 17th, 11:22–12:10 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 22546 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 1996: Wednesday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 1996 falls on Wednesday 17 July. Dvitīyā runs from 02:39 on Wed 17 Jul to 05:06 on Thu 18 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1996/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:39 → 14:0612:3548 min12:3548 min17 Jul
Chicago13:39 → 16:0612:320 min12:3348 min17 Jul
Jersey City14:39 → 17:0612:380 min12:3848 min17 Jul
Port of Spain14:39 → 17:0611:480 min11:4848 min17 Jul
London19:39 → 22:0612:420 min12:4248 min17 Jul
Durban20:39 → 23:0611:380 min11:3848 min17 Jul
Dubai22:39 → 01:0612:010 min12:0148 min17 Jul
Delhi00:09 → 02:3612:030 min12:0348 min17 Jul
Kolkata00:09 → 02:3611:180 min11:1948 min17 Jul
Singapore02:39 → 05:0612:470 min12:4748 min17 Jul
Sydney04:39 → 07:0611:370 min11:3748 min17 Jul
Suva06:39 → 09:0611:480 min11:4848 min17 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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