Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2076

Friday 3 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 300 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 2 July

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 3 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 17:09 on Thu 2 Jul to 19:27 on Fri 3 Jul.

    2076-07-02T09:08:43Z → 2076-07-03T11:26:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 2nd, 11:21–12:09 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 18023 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2076: Friday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2076 falls on Friday 3 July. Dvitīyā runs from 17:09 on Thu 2 Jul to 19:27 on Fri 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2076/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:09 → 04:2712:3448 min12:340 min2 Jul
Chicago04:09 → 06:2712:3148 min12:310 min2 Jul
Jersey City05:09 → 07:2712:3748 min12:370 min2 Jul
Port of Spain05:09 → 07:2711:4748 min11:470 min2 Jul
London10:09 → 12:2712:4148 min12:410 min2 Jul
Durban11:09 → 13:2711:3648 min11:3748 min3 Jul
Dubai13:09 → 15:2711:590 min11:5948 min3 Jul
Delhi14:39 → 16:5712:020 min12:0248 min3 Jul
Kolkata14:39 → 16:5711:170 min11:1748 min3 Jul
Singapore17:09 → 19:2712:450 min12:4548 min3 Jul
Sydney19:09 → 21:2711:360 min11:3648 min3 Jul
Suva21:09 → 23:2711:470 min11:4748 min3 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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