Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1980

Monday 14 July

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 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 Sunday 13 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:38:34
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 14 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 12:07:09
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

11 of 48 minutes covered, the first 11

Dvitīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 11:39 on Sun 13 Jul to 12:07 on Mon 14 Jul.

    1980-07-13T06:38:35Z → 1980-07-14T07:07:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 13th, 11:56–12:44 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 11 of 48 on the 14th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 685 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Multan, 1980: Monday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rathayātrā 1980 falls on Monday 14 July. Dvitīyā runs from 11:39 on Sun 13 Jul to 12:07 on Mon 14 Jul and covers 11 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1980/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:39 → 00:0712:3548 min12:350 min13 Jul
Chicago01:39 → 02:0712:3248 min12:320 min13 Jul
Jersey City02:39 → 03:0712:3848 min12:380 min13 Jul
Port of Spain02:39 → 03:0711:4848 min11:480 min13 Jul
London07:39 → 08:0712:4248 min12:420 min13 Jul
Durban08:39 → 09:0711:3848 min11:380 min13 Jul
Dubai10:39 → 11:0712:0048 min12:000 min13 Jul
Delhi12:09 → 12:3712:0342 min12:0334 min14 Jul
Kolkata12:09 → 12:3711:180 min11:1848 min14 Jul
Singapore14:09 → 14:3712:160 min12:1648 min14 Jul
Sydney16:39 → 17:0711:370 min11:3748 min14 Jul
Suva18:39 → 19:0711:480 min11:4848 min14 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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