Midday of Monday 19 June
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:51 12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2023
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 51 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 19 June
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 20 June
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
46 of 48 minutes covered, the first 46
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 10:56 on Mon 19 Jun to 12:38 on Tue 20 Jun.
2023-06-19T05:55:58Z → 2023-06-20T07:37:46Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 19th, 11:52–12:40 on the 20th.
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 19th and 46 of 48 on the 20th.
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 111 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Multan, 2023: Tuesday 20 June.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Rathayātrā 2023 falls on Tuesday 20 June. Dvitīyā runs from 10:56 on Mon 19 Jun to 12:38 on Tue 20 Jun 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 51 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 20 Jun |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 20 Jun |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 20 Jun |
| 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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:56 → 00:38 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 19 Jun |
| Chicago | 00:56 → 02:38 | 12:28 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 19 Jun |
| Jersey City | 01:56 → 03:38 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 19 Jun |
| Port of Spain | 01:56 → 03:38 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 19 Jun |
| London | 06:56 → 08:38 | 12:38 | 48 min | 12:38 | 0 min | 19 Jun |
| Durban | 07:56 → 09:38 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 19 Jun |
| Dubai | 09:56 → 11:38 | 11:56 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 19 Jun |
| Delhi | 11:26 → 13:08 | 11:58 | 48 min | 11:59 | 48 min | 20 Jun |
| Kolkata | 11:26 → 13:08 | 11:14 | 36 min | 11:14 | 48 min | 20 Jun |
| Singapore | 13:56 → 15:38 | 12:42 | 0 min | 12:42 | 48 min | 20 Jun |
| Sydney | 15:56 → 17:38 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 20 Jun |
| Suva | 17:56 → 19:38 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 20 Jun |