Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2079

Friday 30 June

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 329 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 30 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 1 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 05:51 on Fri 30 Jun to 02:26 on Sat 1 Jul.

    2079-06-29T21:50:31Z → 2079-06-30T18:26:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 30th, 11:20–12:08 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 19763 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2079: Friday 30 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2079 falls on Friday 30 June. Dvitīyā runs from 05:51 on Fri 30 Jun to 02:26 on Sat 1 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2079/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:51 → 11:2612:330 min12:330 min30 Jun
Chicago16:51 → 13:2612:300 min12:3148 min30 Jun
Jersey City17:51 → 14:2612:360 min12:3648 min30 Jun
Port of Spain17:51 → 14:2611:460 min11:4648 min30 Jun
London22:51 → 19:2612:400 min12:4048 min30 Jun
Durban23:51 → 20:2611:360 min11:3648 min30 Jun
Dubai01:51 → 22:2611:590 min11:5948 min30 Jun
Delhi03:21 → 23:5612:010 min12:0148 min30 Jun
Kolkata03:21 → 23:5611:160 min11:1748 min30 Jun
Singapore05:51 → 02:2612:440 min12:4548 min30 Jun
Sydney07:51 → 04:2611:350 min11:3548 min30 Jun
Suva09:51 → 06:2611:460 min11:4648 min30 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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