Night of Wednesday 15 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:52 00:40 niśītha ends
23:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:0401:28
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2062
Boundaryin Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 55 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 15 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 16 November
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 01:47 on Thu 16 Nov to 23:49 on Thu 16 Nov.
2062-11-15T22:47:03Z → 2062-11-16T20:48:37Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:52–00:40 on the 15th, 23:53–00:41 on the 16th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 235 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Aleppo, 2062: Thursday 16 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Aleppo, Rāsayātrā 2062 falls on Thursday 16 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:47 on Thu 16 Nov to 23:49 on Thu 16 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 3 min 55 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 16 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 16 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 16 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Aleppo. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rasayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Niśītha 15th | Covered | Niśītha 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:47 → 12:49 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Chicago | 16:47 → 14:49 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Jersey City | 17:47 → 15:49 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 18:47 → 16:49 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| London | 22:47 → 20:49 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Durban | 00:47 → 22:49 | 23:17 | 0 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Dubai | 02:47 → 00:49 | 23:40 | 0 min | 23:40 | 48 min | 16 Nov |
| Delhi | 04:17 → 02:19 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 16 Nov |
| Kolkata | 04:17 → 02:19 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:58 | 48 min | 16 Nov |
| Singapore | 06:47 → 04:49 | 00:25 | 0 min | 00:26 | 48 min | 16 Nov |
| Sydney | 09:47 → 07:49 | 00:16 | 0 min | 00:16 | 48 min | 16 Nov |
| Suva | 10:47 → 08:49 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 16 Nov |