Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2085

Sunday 24 June

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 45 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 23 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:19  12:07 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 12:51:12
10:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:55

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 24 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:19  12:07 madhyāhna ends
10:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:55

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 12:51 on Sat 23 Jun to 14:46 on Sun 24 Jun.

    2085-06-23T04:51:12Z → 2085-06-24T06:46:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:19–12:07 on the 23rd, 11:19–12:07 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 2671 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2085: Sunday 24 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2085 falls on Sunday 24 June. Dvitīyā runs from 12:51 on Sat 23 Jun to 14:46 on Sun 24 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2085/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:51 → 23:4612:3248 min12:320 min23 Jun
Chicago23:51 → 01:4612:2948 min12:300 min23 Jun
Jersey City00:51 → 02:4612:3548 min12:350 min23 Jun
Port of Spain00:51 → 02:4611:4548 min11:450 min23 Jun
London05:51 → 07:4612:3948 min12:390 min23 Jun
Durban06:51 → 08:4611:3548 min11:350 min23 Jun
Dubai08:51 → 10:4611:5848 min11:580 min23 Jun
Delhi10:21 → 12:1612:0048 min12:0016 min24 Jun
Kolkata10:21 → 12:1611:1548 min11:1548 min24 Jun
Singapore12:51 → 14:4612:4340 min12:4448 min24 Jun
Sydney14:51 → 16:4611:340 min11:3448 min24 Jun
Suva16:51 → 18:4611:450 min11:4548 min24 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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