Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2027

Monday 5 July

Determinatein Durban, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 560 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 4 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 5 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

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 01:21 on Mon 5 Jul to 21:44 on Mon 5 Jul.

    2027-07-04T23:21:29Z → 2027-07-05T19:44:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 4th, 11:37–12:25 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 33574 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Durban, 2027: Monday 5 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Durban, Rathayātrā 2027 falls on Monday 5 July. Dvitīyā runs from 01:21 on Mon 5 Jul to 21:44 on Mon 5 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/durban/festivals/2027/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 Jul
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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:21 → 12:4412:330 min12:3411 min5 Jul
Chicago18:21 → 14:4412:310 min12:3148 min5 Jul
Jersey City19:21 → 15:4412:370 min12:3748 min5 Jul
Port of Spain19:21 → 15:4411:470 min11:4748 min5 Jul
London00:21 → 20:4412:410 min12:4148 min5 Jul
Durban01:21 → 21:4411:360 min11:3748 min5 Jul
Dubai03:21 → 23:4411:590 min11:5948 min5 Jul
Delhi04:51 → 01:1412:010 min12:0248 min5 Jul
Kolkata04:51 → 01:1411:170 min11:1748 min5 Jul
Singapore07:21 → 03:4412:450 min12:4548 min5 Jul
Sydney09:21 → 05:4411:360 min11:3648 min5 Jul
Suva11:21 → 07:4411:470 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