Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1982

Tuesday 22 June

Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

Decide it for

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24°41′ N 46°43′ E · Asia/Riyadh · GeoNames 108410

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 22 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:31  12:19 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 11:06:42
10:4311:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:07

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 23 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:31  12:19 madhyāhna ends
10:4311:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:07

0 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 11:07 on Tue 22 Jun to 07:32 on Wed 23 Jun.

    1982-06-22T08:06:42Z → 1982-06-23T04:32:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:31–12:19 on the 22nd, 11:31–12:19 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 0 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 1455 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Riyadh, 1982: Tuesday 22 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Riyadh, Rathayātrā 1982 falls on Tuesday 22 June. Dvitīyā runs from 11:07 on Tue 22 Jun to 07:32 on Wed 23 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/riyadh/festivals/1982/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh.

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 Angeles01:07 → 21:3212:3148 min12:310 min22 Jun
Chicago03:07 → 23:3212:2948 min12:290 min22 Jun
Jersey City04:07 → 00:3212:3448 min12:340 min22 Jun
Port of Spain04:07 → 00:3211:4448 min11:440 min22 Jun
London09:07 → 05:3212:3848 min12:390 min22 Jun
Durban10:07 → 06:3211:3448 min11:340 min22 Jun
Dubai12:07 → 08:3211:5738 min11:570 min22 Jun
Delhi13:37 → 10:0211:590 min11:590 min23 Jun
Kolkata13:37 → 10:0211:140 min11:150 min23 Jun
Singapore16:07 → 12:3212:420 min12:430 min23 Jun
Sydney18:07 → 14:3211:330 min11:3348 min23 Jun
Suva20:07 → 16:3211:440 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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