Ruling · Rathayātrā · 1913

Saturday 5 July

Determinatein Thāne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 259 minutes.

Decide it for

19°12′ N 72°58′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1254661

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 5 July

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:18  13:06 madhyāhna ends
11:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:3013:54

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 6 July

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:19  13:07 madhyāhna ends
11:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:3113:55

0 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 08:00 on Sat 5 Jul to 05:10 on Sun 6 Jul.

    1913-07-05T02:29:30Z → 1913-07-05T23:39:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:18–13:06 on the 5th, 12:19–13:07 on the 6th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 15530 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Thāne, 1913: Saturday 5 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Thāne, Rathayātrā 1913 falls on Saturday 5 July. Dvitīyā runs from 08:00 on Sat 5 Jul to 05:10 on Sun 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/thane/festivals/1913/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Thāne.

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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:30 → 15:4011:3348 min11:330 min5 Jul
Chicago20:30 → 17:4011:3148 min11:310 min5 Jul
Jersey City21:30 → 18:4011:3648 min11:370 min5 Jul
Port of Spain22:30 → 19:4011:4648 min11:470 min5 Jul
London02:30 → 23:4011:4148 min11:410 min5 Jul
Durban04:30 → 01:4011:3648 min11:360 min5 Jul
Dubai06:11 → 03:2111:4048 min11:400 min5 Jul
Delhi08:00 → 05:1012:0148 min12:010 min5 Jul
Kolkata08:00 → 05:1011:1748 min11:170 min5 Jul
Singapore09:30 → 06:4011:4548 min11:450 min5 Jul
Sydney12:30 → 09:4011:350 min11:360 min6 Jul
Suva14:25 → 11:3511:420 min11:420 min6 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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