Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1925

Tuesday 23 June

Determinatein Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 277 minutes.

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39°02′ N 125°45′ E · Asia/Pyongyang · GeoNames 1871859

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 22 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:15  13:03 madhyāhna ends
11:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:51

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 23 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:15  13:03 madhyāhna ends
11:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:51

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 17:40 on Mon 22 Jun to 20:14 on Tue 23 Jun.

    1925-06-22T08:39:56Z → 1925-06-23T11:13:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:15–13:03 on the 22nd, 12:15–13:03 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 16641 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Pyongyang, 1925: Tuesday 23 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Pyongyang, Rathayātrā 1925 falls on Tuesday 23 June. Dvitīyā runs from 17:40 on Mon 22 Jun to 20:14 on Tue 23 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/pyongyang/festivals/1925/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Pyongyang.

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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:40 → 03:1411:3148 min11:310 min22 Jun
Chicago03:40 → 06:1412:2848 min12:290 min22 Jun
Jersey City04:40 → 07:1412:3448 min12:340 min22 Jun
Port of Spain04:40 → 07:1411:4448 min11:440 min22 Jun
London09:40 → 12:1412:3848 min12:380 min22 Jun
Durban10:40 → 13:1411:3448 min11:3448 min23 Jun
Dubai12:40 → 15:1411:564 min11:5748 min23 Jun
Delhi14:10 → 16:4411:590 min11:5948 min23 Jun
Kolkata14:10 → 16:4411:140 min11:1448 min23 Jun
Singapore15:40 → 18:1411:420 min11:4248 min23 Jun
Sydney18:40 → 21:1411:330 min11:3348 min23 Jun
Suva20:40 → 23:1411:440 min11:4448 min23 Jun
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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