Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2046

Thursday 5 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 218 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 5 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

Midday of Friday 6 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 07:42 on Thu 5 Jul to 05:27 on Fri 6 Jul.

    2046-07-04T23:42:24Z → 2046-07-05T21:27:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 on the 5th, 11:21–12:09 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 13089 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2046: Thursday 5 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2046 falls on Thursday 5 July. Dvitīyā runs from 07:42 on Thu 5 Jul to 05:27 on Fri 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2046/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:42 → 14:2712:340 min12:3448 min5 Jul
Chicago18:42 → 16:2712:310 min12:3148 min5 Jul
Jersey City19:42 → 17:2712:370 min12:3748 min5 Jul
Port of Spain19:42 → 17:2711:470 min11:4748 min5 Jul
London00:42 → 22:2712:410 min12:4148 min5 Jul
Durban01:42 → 23:2711:370 min11:3748 min5 Jul
Dubai03:42 → 01:2711:590 min11:5948 min5 Jul
Delhi05:12 → 02:5712:020 min12:0248 min5 Jul
Kolkata05:12 → 02:5711:170 min11:1748 min5 Jul
Singapore07:42 → 05:2712:450 min12:4548 min5 Jul
Sydney09:42 → 07:2711:360 min11:3648 min5 Jul
Suva11:42 → 09:2711:470 min11:4748 min5 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

About Ahargaṇa