Midday of Thursday 26 June
Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:58 12:46 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:55:03
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2025
Boundaryin Dubai, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 36 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 26 June
Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 27 June
Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 11:55 on Thu 26 Jun to 09:50 on Fri 27 Jun.
2025-06-26T07:55:03Z → 2025-06-27T05:49:53Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 26th, 11:58–12:46 on the 27th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 156 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Dubai, 2025: Thursday 26 June.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Dubai, Rathayātrā 2025 falls on Thursday 26 June. Dvitīyā runs from 11:55 on Thu 26 Jun to 09:50 on Fri 27 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 2 min 36 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 26 Jun |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 26 Jun |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 26 Jun |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Dubai. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rathayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvitīyā | Madhyāhna 26th | Covered | Madhyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:55 → 22:50 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 26 Jun |
| Chicago | 02:55 → 00:50 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 26 Jun |
| Jersey City | 03:55 → 01:50 | 12:35 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 26 Jun |
| Port of Spain | 03:55 → 01:50 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 26 Jun |
| London | 08:55 → 06:50 | 12:39 | 48 min | 12:40 | 0 min | 26 Jun |
| Durban | 09:55 → 07:50 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 26 Jun |
| Dubai | 11:55 → 09:50 | 11:58 | 48 min | 11:58 | 0 min | 26 Jun |
| Delhi | 13:25 → 11:20 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 27 Jun |
| Kolkata | 13:25 → 11:20 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:16 | 4 min | 27 Jun |
| Singapore | 15:55 → 13:50 | 12:43 | 0 min | 12:44 | 48 min | 27 Jun |
| Sydney | 17:55 → 15:50 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 27 Jun |
| Suva | 19:55 → 17:50 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 27 Jun |