Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2095

Sunday 3 July

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 619 minutes.

Decide it for

35°42′ N 51°25′ E · Asia/Tehran · GeoNames 112931

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 2 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 3 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

48 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 22:53 on Sat 2 Jul to 22:52 on Sun 3 Jul.

    2095-07-02T19:23:11Z → 2095-07-03T19:22:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 2nd, 11:45–12:33 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 37143 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Tehran, 2095: Sunday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Rathayātrā 2095 falls on Sunday 3 July. Dvitīyā runs from 22:53 on Sat 2 Jul to 22:52 on Sun 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2095/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 Jul
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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:23 → 12:2212:3448 min12:340 min2 Jul
Chicago14:23 → 14:2212:310 min12:3148 min3 Jul
Jersey City15:23 → 15:2212:370 min12:3748 min3 Jul
Port of Spain15:23 → 15:2211:470 min11:4748 min3 Jul
London20:23 → 20:2212:410 min12:4148 min3 Jul
Durban21:23 → 21:2211:370 min11:3748 min3 Jul
Dubai23:23 → 23:2211:590 min12:0048 min3 Jul
Delhi00:53 → 00:5212:020 min12:0248 min3 Jul
Kolkata00:53 → 00:5211:170 min11:1748 min3 Jul
Singapore03:23 → 03:2212:450 min12:4548 min3 Jul
Sydney05:23 → 05:2211:360 min11:3648 min3 Jul
Suva07:23 → 07:2211:470 min11:4748 min3 Jul
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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