Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2029

Friday 13 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 574 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 12 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 13 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 23:01 on Thu 12 Jul to 21:43 on Fri 13 Jul.

    2029-07-12T15:00:52Z → 2029-07-13T13:43:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 on the 12th, 11:22–12:10 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 34429 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2029: Friday 13 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2029 falls on Friday 13 July. Dvitīyā runs from 23:01 on Thu 12 Jul to 21:43 on Fri 13 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2029/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:01 → 06:4312:3548 min12:350 min12 Jul
Chicago10:01 → 08:4312:3248 min12:320 min12 Jul
Jersey City11:01 → 09:4312:3848 min12:380 min12 Jul
Port of Spain11:01 → 09:4311:4848 min11:480 min12 Jul
London16:01 → 14:4312:420 min12:4248 min13 Jul
Durban17:01 → 15:4311:380 min11:3848 min13 Jul
Dubai19:01 → 17:4312:000 min12:0048 min13 Jul
Delhi20:31 → 19:1312:030 min12:0348 min13 Jul
Kolkata20:31 → 19:1311:180 min11:1848 min13 Jul
Singapore23:01 → 21:4312:460 min12:4648 min13 Jul
Sydney01:01 → 23:4311:370 min11:3748 min13 Jul
Suva03:01 → 01:4311:480 min11:4848 min13 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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