Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1907

Friday 12 July

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 605 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 11 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:25  13:13 madhyāhna ends
11:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:01

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 12 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:25  13:13 madhyāhna ends
11:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:01

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 23:18 on Thu 11 Jul to 01:39 on Sat 13 Jul.

    1907-07-11T17:48:23Z → 1907-07-12T20:09:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:25–13:13 on the 11th, 12:25–13:13 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 36319 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Multan, 1907: Friday 12 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rathayātrā 1907 falls on Friday 12 July. Dvitīyā runs from 23:18 on Thu 11 Jul to 01:39 on Sat 13 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1907/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 12 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 12 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 12 Jul
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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:48 → 12:0911:3448 min11:3435 min12 Jul
Chicago11:48 → 14:0911:3231 min11:3248 min12 Jul
Jersey City12:48 → 15:0911:370 min11:3748 min12 Jul
Port of Spain13:48 → 16:0911:470 min11:4748 min12 Jul
London17:48 → 20:0911:410 min11:4148 min12 Jul
Durban19:48 → 22:0911:370 min11:3748 min12 Jul
Dubai21:29 → 23:5011:410 min11:4148 min12 Jul
Delhi23:18 → 01:3912:020 min12:0248 min12 Jul
Kolkata23:18 → 01:3911:180 min11:1848 min12 Jul
Singapore00:48 → 03:0911:460 min11:4648 min12 Jul
Sydney03:48 → 06:0911:360 min11:3648 min12 Jul
Suva05:43 → 08:0411:420 min11:4348 min12 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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