Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1986

Saturday 15 November

Determinatein Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 521 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 15 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 22:52  23:40 niśītha ends
22:0422:2822:5223:1623:4000:0400:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 16 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 22:52  23:40 niśītha ends
22:0422:2822:5223:1623:4000:0400:28

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 12:23 on Sat 15 Nov to 14:12 on Sun 16 Nov.

    1986-11-15T10:23:10Z → 1986-11-16T12:11:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 22:52–23:40 on the 15th, 22:52–23:40 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 31252 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Aleppo, 1986: Saturday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Aleppo, Rāsayātrā 1986 falls on Saturday 15 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:23 on Sat 15 Nov to 14:12 on Sun 16 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/aleppo/festivals/1986/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 15 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 15thCoveredNiśītha 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:23 → 04:1223:1448 min23:140 min15 Nov
Chicago04:23 → 06:1223:1248 min23:120 min15 Nov
Jersey City05:23 → 07:1223:1748 min23:170 min15 Nov
Port of Spain06:23 → 08:1223:2748 min23:270 min15 Nov
London10:23 → 12:1223:2248 min23:220 min15 Nov
Durban12:23 → 14:1223:1648 min23:170 min15 Nov
Dubai14:23 → 16:1223:4048 min23:400 min15 Nov
Delhi15:53 → 17:4223:4248 min23:420 min15 Nov
Kolkata15:53 → 17:4222:5748 min22:570 min15 Nov
Singapore18:23 → 20:1200:2548 min00:250 min15 Nov
Sydney21:23 → 23:1200:1648 min00:160 min15 Nov
Suva22:23 → 00:1223:2748 min23:2745 min16 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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