Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2014

Sunday 29 June

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 31 minutes.

Decide it for

8°50′ S 13°14′ E · Africa/Luanda · GeoNames 2240449

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 28 June

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 10:58:31
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 29 June

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 13:05:41
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 10:59 on Sat 28 Jun to 13:06 on Sun 29 Jun.

    2014-06-28T09:58:32Z → 2014-06-29T12:05:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 28th, 11:47–12:35 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1869 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Luanda, 2014: Sunday 29 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Rathayātrā 2014 falls on Sunday 29 June. Dvitīyā runs from 10:59 on Sat 28 Jun to 13:06 on Sun 29 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/2014/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda.

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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:59 → 05:0612:3248 min12:320 min28 Jun
Chicago04:59 → 07:0612:3048 min12:300 min28 Jun
Jersey City05:59 → 08:0612:3648 min12:360 min28 Jun
Port of Spain05:59 → 08:0611:4548 min11:460 min28 Jun
London10:59 → 13:0612:4048 min12:4026 min29 Jun
Durban11:59 → 14:0611:3525 min11:3548 min29 Jun
Dubai13:59 → 16:0611:580 min11:5848 min29 Jun
Delhi15:29 → 17:3612:000 min12:0048 min29 Jun
Kolkata15:29 → 17:3611:160 min11:1648 min29 Jun
Singapore17:59 → 20:0612:440 min12:4448 min29 Jun
Sydney19:59 → 22:0611:340 min11:3548 min29 Jun
Suva21:59 → 00:0611:450 min11:4648 min29 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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