Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1983

Saturday 19 November

Determinatein Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 468 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Saturday 19 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 22:53  23:41 niśītha ends
22:0522:2922:5323:1723:4100:0500:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 20 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 22:53  23:41 niśītha ends
22:0522:2922:5323:1723:4100:0500:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 15:05 on Sat 19 Nov to 14:29 on Sun 20 Nov.

    1983-11-19T13:04:36Z → 1983-11-20T12:29:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 22:53–23:41 on the 19th, 22:53–23:41 on the 20th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 28101 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Aleppo, 1983: Saturday 19 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Aleppo, Rāsayātrā 1983 falls on Saturday 19 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:05 on Sat 19 Nov to 14:29 on Sun 20 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/aleppo/festivals/1983/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Aleppo.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/rasayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Niśītha
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāNiśītha 19thCoveredNiśītha 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:05 → 04:2923:1548 min23:150 min19 Nov
Chicago07:05 → 06:2923:1248 min23:130 min19 Nov
Jersey City08:05 → 07:2923:1848 min23:180 min19 Nov
Port of Spain09:05 → 08:2923:2848 min23:280 min19 Nov
London13:05 → 12:2923:2248 min23:230 min19 Nov
Durban15:05 → 14:2923:1748 min23:170 min19 Nov
Dubai17:05 → 16:2923:4048 min23:400 min19 Nov
Delhi18:35 → 17:5923:4348 min23:430 min19 Nov
Kolkata18:35 → 17:5922:5848 min22:580 min19 Nov
Singapore21:05 → 20:2900:2648 min00:260 min19 Nov
Sydney00:05 → 23:2900:1648 min00:170 min19 Nov
Suva01:05 → 00:2923:280 min23:2848 min20 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rasayatra@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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