Midday of Thursday 7 July
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:36 13:24 madhyāhna ends
11:4812:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:12
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2005
Boundaryin Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 26 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 7 July
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 8 July
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
1 of 48 minutes covered, the first 1
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 10:15 on Thu 7 Jul to 12:38 on Fri 8 Jul.
2005-07-07T14:15:02Z → 2005-07-08T16:37:44Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:36–13:24 on the 7th, 12:36–13:24 on the 8th.
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 7th and 1 of 48 on the 8th.
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 86 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Queens, 2005: Friday 8 July.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Queens, Rathayātrā 2005 falls on Friday 8 July. Dvitīyā runs from 10:15 on Thu 7 Jul to 12:38 on Fri 8 Jul and covers 1 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 26 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 8 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 8 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 8 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:15 → 09:38 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 7 Jul |
| Chicago | 09:15 → 11:38 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 7 Jul |
| Jersey City | 10:15 → 12:38 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 8 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 10:15 → 12:38 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 8 Jul |
| London | 15:15 → 17:38 | 12:41 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 8 Jul |
| Durban | 16:15 → 18:38 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 8 Jul |
| Dubai | 18:15 → 20:38 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 8 Jul |
| Delhi | 19:45 → 22:08 | 12:02 | 0 min | 12:02 | 48 min | 8 Jul |
| Kolkata | 19:45 → 22:08 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 8 Jul |
| Singapore | 22:15 → 00:38 | 12:45 | 0 min | 12:46 | 48 min | 8 Jul |
| Sydney | 00:15 → 02:38 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 8 Jul |
| Suva | 02:15 → 04:38 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 8 Jul |