Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2025

Thursday 26 June

Determinatein Durban, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 100 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 26 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 27 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

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 09:55 on Thu 26 Jun to 07:50 on Fri 27 Jun.

    2025-06-26T07:55:03Z → 2025-06-27T05:49:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 26th, 11:35–12:23 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 5986 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Durban, 2025: Thursday 26 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Durban, Rathayātrā 2025 falls on Thursday 26 June. Dvitīyā runs from 09:55 on Thu 26 Jun to 07:50 on Fri 27 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/durban/festivals/2025/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Durban.

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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:55 → 22:5012:3248 min12:320 min26 Jun
Chicago02:55 → 00:5012:3048 min12:300 min26 Jun
Jersey City03:55 → 01:5012:3548 min12:350 min26 Jun
Port of Spain03:55 → 01:5011:4548 min11:450 min26 Jun
London08:55 → 06:5012:3948 min12:400 min26 Jun
Durban09:55 → 07:5011:3548 min11:350 min26 Jun
Dubai11:55 → 09:5011:5848 min11:580 min26 Jun
Delhi13:25 → 11:2012:000 min12:000 min27 Jun
Kolkata13:25 → 11:2011:150 min11:164 min27 Jun
Singapore15:55 → 13:5012:430 min12:4448 min27 Jun
Sydney17:55 → 15:5011:340 min11:3448 min27 Jun
Suva19:55 → 17:5011:450 min11:4548 min27 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