Midday of Thursday 30 June
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:54 12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2022
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 59 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 30 June
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 1 July
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
46 of 48 minutes covered, the first 46
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 10:20 on Thu 30 Jun to 12:40 on Fri 1 Jul.
2022-06-30T05:19:48Z → 2022-07-01T07:39:56Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 1st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 46 of 48 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 119 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Multan, 2022: Friday 1 July.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Rathayātrā 2022 falls on Friday 1 July. Dvitīyā runs from 10:20 on Thu 30 Jun to 12:40 on Fri 1 Jul and covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 1 min 59 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 1 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 1 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 1 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rathayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvitīyā | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:20 → 00:40 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 30 Jun |
| Chicago | 00:20 → 02:40 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 30 Jun |
| Jersey City | 01:20 → 03:40 | 12:36 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 30 Jun |
| Port of Spain | 01:20 → 03:40 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 30 Jun |
| London | 06:20 → 08:40 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 0 min | 30 Jun |
| Durban | 07:20 → 09:40 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 30 Jun |
| Dubai | 09:20 → 11:40 | 11:58 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 30 Jun |
| Delhi | 10:50 → 13:10 | 12:01 | 48 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Kolkata | 10:50 → 13:10 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Singapore | 13:20 → 15:40 | 12:44 | 12 min | 12:44 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Sydney | 15:20 → 17:40 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Suva | 17:20 → 19:40 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 1 Jul |