Midday of Saturday 25 June
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:43 12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1960
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 32 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 25 June
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 26 June
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
3 of 48 minutes covered, the first 3
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 09:22 on Sat 25 Jun to 11:46 on Sun 26 Jun.
1960-06-25T05:51:59Z → 1960-06-26T08:15:31Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 25th, 11:43–12:31 on the 26th.
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 25th and 3 of 48 on the 26th.
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 152 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Tehran, 1960: Sunday 26 June.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Tehran, Rathayātrā 1960 falls on Sunday 26 June. Dvitīyā runs from 09:22 on Sat 25 Jun to 11:46 on Sun 26 Jun and covers 3 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 2 min 32 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 26 Jun |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 26 Jun |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 26 Jun |
| 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 25th | Covered | Madhyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:52 → 01:16 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 25 Jun |
| Chicago | 00:52 → 03:16 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 25 Jun |
| Jersey City | 01:52 → 04:16 | 12:35 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 25 Jun |
| Port of Spain | 01:52 → 04:16 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 25 Jun |
| London | 06:52 → 09:16 | 12:39 | 48 min | 12:39 | 0 min | 25 Jun |
| Durban | 07:52 → 10:16 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 25 Jun |
| Dubai | 09:52 → 12:16 | 11:57 | 48 min | 11:57 | 18 min | 26 Jun |
| Delhi | 11:22 → 13:46 | 12:00 | 48 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 26 Jun |
| Kolkata | 11:22 → 13:46 | 11:15 | 41 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 26 Jun |
| Singapore | 13:22 → 15:46 | 12:13 | 0 min | 12:13 | 48 min | 26 Jun |
| Sydney | 15:52 → 18:16 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 26 Jun |
| Suva | 17:52 → 20:16 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 26 Jun |