Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2022

Friday 1 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 72 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 30 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 1 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

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

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 13:20 on Thu 30 Jun to 15:40 on Fri 1 Jul.

    2022-06-30T05:19:48Z → 2022-07-01T07:39:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 30th, 11:20–12:08 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 4336 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2022: Friday 1 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2022 falls on Friday 1 July. Dvitīyā runs from 13:20 on Thu 30 Jun to 15:40 on Fri 1 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2022/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:20 → 00:4012:3348 min12:330 min30 Jun
Chicago00:20 → 02:4012:3048 min12:300 min30 Jun
Jersey City01:20 → 03:4012:3648 min12:360 min30 Jun
Port of Spain01:20 → 03:4011:4648 min11:460 min30 Jun
London06:20 → 08:4012:4048 min12:400 min30 Jun
Durban07:20 → 09:4011:3648 min11:360 min30 Jun
Dubai09:20 → 11:4011:5848 min11:590 min30 Jun
Delhi10:50 → 13:1012:0148 min12:0148 min1 Jul
Kolkata10:50 → 13:1011:1648 min11:1648 min1 Jul
Singapore13:20 → 15:4012:4412 min12:4448 min1 Jul
Sydney15:20 → 17:4011:350 min11:3548 min1 Jul
Suva17:20 → 19:4011:460 min11:4648 min1 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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