Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2094

Wednesday 14 July

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 471 minutes.

Decide it for

MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 13 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 14 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

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

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 20:35 on Tue 13 Jul to 22:49 on Wed 14 Jul.

    2094-07-13T15:35:26Z → 2094-07-14T17:49:00Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 28268 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Multan, 2094: Wednesday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rathayātrā 2094 falls on Wednesday 14 July. Dvitīyā runs from 20:35 on Tue 13 Jul to 22:49 on Wed 14 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2094/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles08:35 → 10:4912:3548 min12:350 min13 Jul
Chicago10:35 → 12:4912:3348 min12:3316 min14 Jul
Jersey City11:35 → 13:4912:3848 min12:3948 min14 Jul
Port of Spain11:35 → 13:4911:4848 min11:4948 min14 Jul
London16:35 → 18:4912:430 min12:4348 min14 Jul
Durban17:35 → 19:4911:380 min11:3848 min14 Jul
Dubai19:35 → 21:4912:010 min12:0148 min14 Jul
Delhi21:05 → 23:1912:030 min12:0348 min14 Jul
Kolkata21:05 → 23:1911:190 min11:1948 min14 Jul
Singapore23:35 → 01:4912:470 min12:4748 min14 Jul
Sydney01:35 → 03:4911:380 min11:3848 min14 Jul
Suva03:35 → 05:4911:490 min11:4948 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

About Ahargaṇa