Midday of Monday 30 June
Qualifies with 26 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:08 12:56 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 12:30:16
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44
26 of 48 minutes covered, the last 26
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2003
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 20 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 30 June
Qualifies with 26 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
26 of 48 minutes covered, the last 26
Midday of Tuesday 1 July
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the first 45
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 12:30 on Mon 30 Jun to 12:53 on Tue 1 Jul.
2003-06-30T19:30:17Z → 2003-07-01T19:52:44Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 30th, 12:08–12:56 on the 1st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 26 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 45 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 200 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Phoenix, 2003: Tuesday 1 July.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Phoenix, Rathayātrā 2003 falls on Tuesday 1 July. Dvitīyā runs from 12:30 on Mon 30 Jun to 12:53 on Tue 1 Jul and covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 26 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 3 min 20 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 1 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 1 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 1 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 | 12:30 → 12:53 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 20 min | 1 Jul |
| Chicago | 14:30 → 14:53 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:30 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Jersey City | 15:30 → 15:53 | 12:36 | 0 min | 12:36 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 15:30 → 15:53 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| London | 20:30 → 20:53 | 12:40 | 0 min | 12:40 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Durban | 21:30 → 21:53 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Dubai | 23:30 → 23:53 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Delhi | 01:00 → 01:23 | 12:01 | 0 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Kolkata | 01:00 → 01:23 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Singapore | 03:30 → 03:53 | 12:44 | 0 min | 12:44 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Sydney | 05:30 → 05:53 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 1 Jul |
| Suva | 07:30 → 07:53 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 1 Jul |