Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1994

Sunday 10 July

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 554 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 Sunday 10 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 11 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 02:41 on Sun 10 Jul to 02:17 on Mon 11 Jul.

    1994-07-09T21:41:18Z → 1994-07-10T21:16:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 10th, 11:55–12:43 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 33236 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Multan, 1994: Sunday 10 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rathayātrā 1994 falls on Sunday 10 July. Dvitīyā runs from 02:41 on Sun 10 Jul to 02:17 on Mon 11 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1994/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 10 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 10 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:41 → 14:1712:340 min12:3448 min10 Jul
Chicago16:41 → 16:1712:320 min12:3248 min10 Jul
Jersey City17:41 → 17:1712:370 min12:3748 min10 Jul
Port of Spain17:41 → 17:1711:470 min11:4748 min10 Jul
London22:41 → 22:1712:410 min12:4148 min10 Jul
Durban23:41 → 23:1711:370 min11:3748 min10 Jul
Dubai01:41 → 01:1712:000 min12:0048 min10 Jul
Delhi03:11 → 02:4712:020 min12:0248 min10 Jul
Kolkata03:11 → 02:4711:180 min11:1848 min10 Jul
Singapore05:41 → 05:1712:460 min12:4648 min10 Jul
Sydney07:41 → 07:1711:360 min11:3648 min10 Jul
Suva09:41 → 09:1711:470 min11:4848 min10 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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