Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2071

Monday 29 June

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 20 s.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 28 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 29 June

Taken. Dvitīyā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 11:40:33
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 15:29 on Sun 28 Jun to 11:41 on Mon 29 Jun.

    2071-06-28T14:28:37Z → 2071-06-29T10:40:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 380 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Luanda, 2071: Monday 29 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Rathayātrā 2071 falls on Monday 29 June. Dvitīyā runs from 15:29 on Sun 28 Jun to 11:41 on Mon 29 Jun, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/2071/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 Angeles07:29 → 03:4112:3348 min12:330 min28 Jun
Chicago09:29 → 05:4112:3048 min12:300 min28 Jun
Jersey City10:29 → 06:4112:3648 min12:360 min28 Jun
Port of Spain10:29 → 06:4111:4648 min11:460 min28 Jun
London15:29 → 11:4112:400 min12:400 min29 Jun
Durban16:29 → 12:4111:360 min11:3648 min29 Jun
Dubai18:29 → 14:4111:580 min11:5948 min29 Jun
Delhi19:59 → 16:1112:010 min12:0148 min29 Jun
Kolkata19:59 → 16:1111:160 min11:1648 min29 Jun
Singapore22:29 → 18:4112:440 min12:4448 min29 Jun
Sydney00:29 → 20:4111:350 min11:3548 min29 Jun
Suva02:29 → 22:4111:460 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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