Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2005

Friday 8 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 606 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 Thursday 7 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 8 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 22:15 on Thu 7 Jul to 00:38 on Sat 9 Jul.

    2005-07-07T14:15:02Z → 2005-07-08T16:37:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 36382 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2005: Friday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2005 falls on Friday 8 July. Dvitīyā runs from 22:15 on Thu 7 Jul to 00:38 on Sat 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2005/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 Angeles07:15 → 09:3812:3448 min12:340 min7 Jul
Chicago09:15 → 11:3812:3148 min12:320 min7 Jul
Jersey City10:15 → 12:3812:3748 min12:370 min8 Jul
Port of Spain10:15 → 12:3811:4748 min11:4748 min8 Jul
London15:15 → 17:3812:410 min12:4148 min8 Jul
Durban16:15 → 18:3811:370 min11:3748 min8 Jul
Dubai18:15 → 20:3812:000 min12:0048 min8 Jul
Delhi19:45 → 22:0812:020 min12:0248 min8 Jul
Kolkata19:45 → 22:0811:170 min11:1848 min8 Jul
Singapore22:15 → 00:3812:450 min12:4648 min8 Jul
Sydney00:15 → 02:3811:360 min11:3648 min8 Jul
Suva02:15 → 04:3811:470 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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