Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1919

Sunday 29 June

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 488 minutes.

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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 Saturday 28 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:23  13:11 madhyāhna ends
11:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:3513:59

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 29 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:23  13:11 madhyāhna ends
11:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:3513:59

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 23:38 on Sat 28 Jun to 21:19 on Sun 29 Jun.

    1919-06-28T18:07:44Z → 1919-06-29T15:48:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:23–13:11 on the 28th, 12:23–13:11 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 48 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 29267 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Multan, 1919: Sunday 29 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rathayātrā 1919 falls on Sunday 29 June. Dvitīyā runs from 23:38 on Sat 28 Jun to 21:19 on Sun 29 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1919/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 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 Angeles11:08 → 08:4912:3248 min12:320 min28 Jun
Chicago13:08 → 10:4912:2910 min12:300 min28 Jun
Jersey City14:08 → 11:4912:350 min12:350 min29 Jun
Port of Spain14:08 → 11:4911:450 min11:454 min29 Jun
London19:08 → 16:4912:390 min12:3948 min29 Jun
Durban20:08 → 17:4911:350 min11:3548 min29 Jun
Dubai21:49 → 19:3011:390 min11:3948 min29 Jun
Delhi23:38 → 21:1912:000 min12:0048 min29 Jun
Kolkata23:38 → 21:1911:150 min11:1648 min29 Jun
Singapore01:08 → 22:4911:430 min11:4448 min29 Jun
Sydney04:08 → 01:4911:340 min11:3448 min29 Jun
Suva06:08 → 03:4911:450 min11:4548 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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