Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1909

Saturday 19 June

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 489 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 Saturday 19 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:21  13:09 madhyāhna ends
11:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:3313:57

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 20 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:21  13:09 madhyāhna ends
11:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:3313:57

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 04:12 on Sat 19 Jun to 03:58 on Sun 20 Jun.

    1909-06-18T22:41:40Z → 1909-06-19T22:27:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:21–13:09 on the 19th, 12:21–13:09 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 29361 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Multan, 1909: Saturday 19 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rathayātrā 1909 falls on Saturday 19 June. Dvitīyā runs from 04:12 on Sat 19 Jun to 03:58 on Sun 20 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1909/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:42 → 14:2811:300 min11:3048 min19 Jun
Chicago16:42 → 16:2811:270 min11:2848 min19 Jun
Jersey City17:42 → 17:2811:330 min11:3348 min19 Jun
Port of Spain18:42 → 18:2811:430 min11:4348 min19 Jun
London22:42 → 22:2811:370 min11:3848 min19 Jun
Durban00:42 → 00:2811:330 min11:3348 min19 Jun
Dubai02:23 → 02:0911:360 min11:3748 min19 Jun
Delhi04:12 → 03:5811:580 min11:5848 min19 Jun
Kolkata04:12 → 03:5811:130 min11:1348 min19 Jun
Singapore05:42 → 05:2811:410 min11:4148 min19 Jun
Sydney08:42 → 08:2811:320 min11:3248 min19 Jun
Suva10:37 → 10:2311:380 min11:3848 min19 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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