Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2084

Wednesday 5 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 56 s.

Decide it for

DaqingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 4 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 12:14:43
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 12:15 on Tue 4 Jul to 14:44 on Wed 5 Jul.

    2084-07-04T04:14:44Z → 2084-07-05T06:43:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 on the 4th, 11:21–12:09 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 356 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2084: Wednesday 5 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2084 falls on Wednesday 5 July. Dvitīyā runs from 12:15 on Tue 4 Jul to 14:44 on Wed 5 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2084/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles21:15 → 23:4412:3448 min12:340 min4 Jul
Chicago23:15 → 01:4412:3248 min12:320 min4 Jul
Jersey City00:15 → 02:4412:3748 min12:370 min4 Jul
Port of Spain00:15 → 02:4411:4748 min11:470 min4 Jul
London05:15 → 07:4412:4148 min12:410 min4 Jul
Durban06:15 → 08:4411:3748 min11:370 min4 Jul
Dubai08:15 → 10:4412:0048 min12:000 min4 Jul
Delhi09:45 → 12:1412:0248 min12:0211 min5 Jul
Kolkata09:45 → 12:1411:1748 min11:1848 min5 Jul
Singapore12:15 → 14:4412:4648 min12:4648 min5 Jul
Sydney14:15 → 16:4411:360 min11:3648 min5 Jul
Suva16:15 → 18:4411:470 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