Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2069

Thursday 20 June

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 203 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 20 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 21 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

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 07:55 on Thu 20 Jun to 06:03 on Fri 21 Jun.

    2069-06-19T23:54:39Z → 2069-06-20T22:03:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:18–12:06 on the 20th, 11:18–12:06 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 12197 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2069: Thursday 20 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2069 falls on Thursday 20 June. Dvitīyā runs from 07:55 on Thu 20 Jun to 06:03 on Fri 21 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2069/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 20 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 20 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 20 Jun
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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:55 → 15:0312:310 min12:3148 min20 Jun
Chicago18:55 → 17:0312:280 min12:2948 min20 Jun
Jersey City19:55 → 18:0312:340 min12:3448 min20 Jun
Port of Spain19:55 → 18:0311:440 min11:4448 min20 Jun
London00:55 → 23:0312:380 min12:3848 min20 Jun
Durban01:55 → 00:0311:340 min11:3448 min20 Jun
Dubai03:55 → 02:0311:570 min11:5748 min20 Jun
Delhi05:25 → 03:3311:590 min11:5948 min20 Jun
Kolkata05:25 → 03:3311:140 min11:1448 min20 Jun
Singapore07:55 → 06:0312:420 min12:4348 min20 Jun
Sydney09:55 → 08:0311:330 min11:3348 min20 Jun
Suva11:55 → 10:0311:440 min11:4438 min20 Jun
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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