Midday of Thursday 3 July
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:39 12:27 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 10:55:47
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1924
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 46 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 3 July
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 4 July
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 10:55 on Thu 3 Jul to 12:32 on Fri 4 Jul.
1924-07-03T07:30:04Z → 1924-07-04T09:07:08Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 3rd, 11:39–12:27 on the 4th.
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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.
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 286 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Tehran, 1924: Friday 4 July.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Tehran, Rathayātrā 1924 falls on Friday 4 July. Dvitīyā runs from 10:55 on Thu 3 Jul to 12:32 on Fri 4 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 4 min 46 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 4 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 4 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 4 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:30 → 01:07 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Chicago | 02:30 → 04:07 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Jersey City | 03:30 → 05:07 | 12:36 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 03:30 → 05:07 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| London | 08:30 → 10:07 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Durban | 09:30 → 11:07 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Dubai | 11:30 → 13:07 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 48 min | 4 Jul |
| Delhi | 13:00 → 14:37 | 12:01 | 0 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 4 Jul |
| Kolkata | 13:00 → 14:37 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 4 Jul |
| Singapore | 14:30 → 16:07 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 4 Jul |
| Sydney | 17:30 → 19:07 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 4 Jul |
| Suva | 19:30 → 21:07 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 4 Jul |