Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2091

Tuesday 17 July

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 209 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 Tuesday 17 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 18 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 08:22 on Tue 17 Jul to 07:03 on Wed 18 Jul.

    2091-07-17T13:21:31Z → 2091-07-18T12:03:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 17th, 11:51–12:39 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 12560 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Lima, 2091: Tuesday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Rathayātrā 2091 falls on Tuesday 17 July. Dvitīyā runs from 08:22 on Tue 17 Jul to 07:03 on Wed 18 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2091/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 17 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:22 → 05:0312:3648 min12:360 min17 Jul
Chicago08:22 → 07:0312:3348 min12:330 min17 Jul
Jersey City09:22 → 08:0312:3948 min12:390 min17 Jul
Port of Spain09:22 → 08:0311:4948 min11:490 min17 Jul
London14:22 → 13:0312:430 min12:4320 min18 Jul
Durban15:22 → 14:0311:390 min11:3948 min18 Jul
Dubai17:22 → 16:0312:010 min12:0148 min18 Jul
Delhi18:52 → 17:3312:040 min12:0448 min18 Jul
Kolkata18:52 → 17:3311:190 min11:1948 min18 Jul
Singapore21:22 → 20:0312:470 min12:4748 min18 Jul
Sydney23:22 → 22:0311:380 min11:3848 min18 Jul
Suva01:22 → 00:0311:490 min11:4948 min18 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

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