Midday of Tuesday 5 July
Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:45 13:33 madhyāhna ends
Dvitīyā begins 13:35:57
11:5712:2112:4513:0913:3313:5714:21
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2016
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 07 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 5 July
Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 6 July
Taken. Dvitīyā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvitīyā runs from 13:36 on Tue 5 Jul to 12:16 on Wed 6 Jul.
2016-07-05T09:05:57Z → 2016-07-06T07:46:04Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:45–13:33 on the 5th, 12:45–13:33 on the 6th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 187 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rathayātrā, Tehran, 2016: Wednesday 6 July.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Tehran, Rathayātrā 2016 falls on Wednesday 6 July. Dvitīyā runs from 13:36 on Tue 5 Jul to 12:16 on Wed 6 Jul, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 3 min 07 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 6 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 6 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 6 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 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:06 → 00:46 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 5 Jul |
| Chicago | 04:06 → 02:46 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 5 Jul |
| Jersey City | 05:06 → 03:46 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 5 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 05:06 → 03:46 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 5 Jul |
| London | 10:06 → 08:46 | 12:41 | 48 min | 12:41 | 0 min | 5 Jul |
| Durban | 11:06 → 09:46 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 5 Jul |
| Dubai | 13:06 → 11:46 | 11:59 | 0 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Delhi | 14:36 → 13:16 | 12:02 | 0 min | 12:02 | 48 min | 6 Jul |
| Kolkata | 14:36 → 13:16 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 6 Jul |
| Singapore | 17:06 → 15:46 | 12:45 | 0 min | 12:45 | 48 min | 6 Jul |
| Sydney | 19:06 → 17:46 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 6 Jul |
| Suva | 21:06 → 19:46 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 6 Jul |