Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2096

Friday 22 June

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 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

Midday of Friday 22 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:19  12:07 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 11:39:43
10:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:55

21 of 48 minutes covered, the first 21

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 14:15 on Thu 21 Jun to 11:40 on Fri 22 Jun.

    2096-06-21T06:14:50Z → 2096-06-22T03:39:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:18–12:06 on the 21st, 11:19–12:07 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 21 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 1264 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Daqing, 2096: Friday 22 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rathayātrā 2096 falls on Friday 22 June. Dvitīyā runs from 14:15 on Thu 21 Jun to 11:40 on Fri 22 Jun and covers 21 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2096/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:15 → 20:4012:3248 min12:320 min21 Jun
Chicago01:15 → 22:4012:2948 min12:290 min21 Jun
Jersey City02:15 → 23:4012:3548 min12:350 min21 Jun
Port of Spain02:15 → 23:4011:4548 min11:450 min21 Jun
London07:15 → 04:4012:3948 min12:390 min21 Jun
Durban08:15 → 05:4011:3448 min11:350 min21 Jun
Dubai10:15 → 07:4011:5748 min11:570 min21 Jun
Delhi11:45 → 09:1012:0048 min12:000 min21 Jun
Kolkata11:45 → 09:1011:1518 min11:150 min21 Jun
Singapore14:15 → 11:4012:430 min12:430 min22 Jun
Sydney16:15 → 13:4011:340 min11:3448 min22 Jun
Suva18:15 → 15:4011:450 min11:4548 min22 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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