Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2028

Saturday 24 June

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 396 minutes.

Decide it for

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23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 23 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 24 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 21:52 on Fri 23 Jun to 19:29 on Sat 24 Jun.

    2028-06-23T16:22:16Z → 2028-06-24T13:59:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 23rd, 12:05–12:53 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 23760 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Ujjain, 2028: Saturday 24 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Rathayātrā 2028 falls on Saturday 24 June. Dvitīyā runs from 21:52 on Fri 23 Jun to 19:29 on Sat 24 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2028/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:22 → 06:5912:3148 min12:320 min23 Jun
Chicago11:22 → 08:5912:2948 min12:290 min23 Jun
Jersey City12:22 → 09:5912:3548 min12:350 min23 Jun
Port of Spain12:22 → 09:5911:4410 min11:450 min23 Jun
London17:22 → 14:5912:390 min12:3948 min24 Jun
Durban18:22 → 15:5911:340 min11:3448 min24 Jun
Dubai20:22 → 17:5911:570 min11:5748 min24 Jun
Delhi21:52 → 19:2911:590 min12:0048 min24 Jun
Kolkata21:52 → 19:2911:150 min11:1548 min24 Jun
Singapore00:22 → 21:5912:430 min12:4348 min24 Jun
Sydney02:22 → 23:5911:330 min11:3448 min24 Jun
Suva04:22 → 01:5911:450 min11:4548 min24 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rathayatra@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s