Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1900

Thursday 28 June

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 298 minutes.

Decide it for

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 28 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 29 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

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 05:54 on Thu 28 Jun to 06:24 on Fri 29 Jun.

    1900-06-28T01:26:00Z → 1900-06-29T01:55:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 on the 28th, 11:21–12:09 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 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 17852 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Multan, 1900: Thursday 28 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rathayātrā 1900 falls on Thursday 28 June. Dvitīyā runs from 05:54 on Thu 28 Jun to 06:24 on Fri 29 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1900/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 Angeles17:26 → 17:5611:3248 min11:320 min28 Jun
Chicago19:26 → 19:5611:2948 min11:300 min28 Jun
Jersey City20:26 → 20:5611:3548 min11:350 min28 Jun
Port of Spain21:26 → 21:5611:4548 min11:450 min28 Jun
London01:26 → 01:5611:3948 min11:390 min28 Jun
Durban02:56 → 03:2611:0548 min11:050 min28 Jun
Dubai05:07 → 05:3711:3948 min11:390 min28 Jun
Delhi06:47 → 07:1711:5148 min11:510 min28 Jun
Kolkata06:47 → 07:1711:0648 min11:070 min28 Jun
Singapore08:21 → 08:5111:3848 min11:390 min28 Jun
Sydney11:26 → 11:5611:3448 min11:3421 min29 Jun
Suva13:21 → 13:5111:400 min11:4048 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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