Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2040

Wednesday 11 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 454 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 10 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 Wednesday 11 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 19:43 on Tue 10 Jul to 22:06 on Wed 11 Jul.

    2040-07-10T11:43:01Z → 2040-07-11T14:05:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 27225 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2040: Wednesday 11 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2040 falls on Wednesday 11 July. Dvitīyā runs from 19:43 on Tue 10 Jul to 22:06 on Wed 11 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2040/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:43 → 07:0612:3448 min12:350 min10 Jul
Chicago06:43 → 09:0612:3248 min12:320 min10 Jul
Jersey City07:43 → 10:0612:3848 min12:380 min10 Jul
Port of Spain07:43 → 10:0611:4848 min11:480 min10 Jul
London12:43 → 15:0612:4247 min12:4248 min11 Jul
Durban13:43 → 16:0611:370 min11:3848 min11 Jul
Dubai15:43 → 18:0612:000 min12:0048 min11 Jul
Delhi17:13 → 19:3612:020 min12:0348 min11 Jul
Kolkata17:13 → 19:3611:180 min11:1848 min11 Jul
Singapore19:43 → 22:0612:460 min12:4648 min11 Jul
Sydney21:43 → 00:0611:370 min11:3748 min11 Jul
Suva23:43 → 02:0611:480 min11:4848 min11 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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