Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1901

Tuesday 18 June

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 17 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 18 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā ends 12:10:36
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

34 of 48 minutes covered, the first 34

Dvitīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 14:21 on Mon 17 Jun to 12:10 on Tue 18 Jun.

    1901-06-17T10:55:33Z → 1901-06-18T08:44:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 17th, 11:36–12:24 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 34 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 849 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Tehran, 1901: Tuesday 18 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Rathayātrā 1901 falls on Tuesday 18 June. Dvitīyā runs from 14:21 on Mon 17 Jun to 12:10 on Tue 18 Jun and covers 34 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/1901/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:56 → 00:4511:3048 min11:300 min17 Jun
Chicago04:56 → 02:4511:2748 min11:270 min17 Jun
Jersey City05:56 → 03:4511:3348 min11:330 min17 Jun
Port of Spain06:56 → 04:4511:4348 min11:430 min17 Jun
London10:56 → 08:4511:3748 min11:370 min17 Jun
Durban12:26 → 10:1511:020 min11:030 min18 Jun
Dubai14:37 → 12:2611:360 min11:3648 min18 Jun
Delhi16:17 → 14:0611:490 min11:4948 min18 Jun
Kolkata16:17 → 14:0611:040 min11:0448 min18 Jun
Singapore17:51 → 15:4011:360 min11:3648 min18 Jun
Sydney20:56 → 18:4511:320 min11:3248 min18 Jun
Suva22:51 → 20:4011:380 min11:3848 min18 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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