Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2049

Friday 2 July

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 22 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 Thursday 1 July

Qualifies with 26 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 12:15:41
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

26 of 48 minutes covered, the last 26

Midday of Friday 2 July

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

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 12:16 on Thu 1 Jul to 14:44 on Fri 2 Jul.

    2049-07-01T07:15:42Z → 2049-07-02T09:44:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 1st, 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 26 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 1297 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Multan, 2049: Friday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rathayātrā 2049 falls on Friday 2 July. Dvitīyā runs from 12:16 on Thu 1 Jul to 14:44 on Fri 2 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 26 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2049/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:16 → 02:4412:3348 min12:330 min1 Jul
Chicago02:16 → 04:4412:3148 min12:310 min1 Jul
Jersey City03:16 → 05:4412:3648 min12:370 min1 Jul
Port of Spain03:16 → 05:4411:4648 min11:460 min1 Jul
London08:16 → 10:4412:4048 min12:410 min1 Jul
Durban09:16 → 11:4411:3648 min11:368 min2 Jul
Dubai11:16 → 13:4411:5948 min11:5948 min2 Jul
Delhi12:46 → 15:1412:013 min12:0148 min2 Jul
Kolkata12:46 → 15:1411:170 min11:1748 min2 Jul
Singapore15:16 → 17:4412:450 min12:4548 min2 Jul
Sydney17:16 → 19:4411:350 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva19:16 → 21:4411:460 min11:4748 min2 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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