Night of Wednesday 31 October
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
niśītha begins 23:51 00:39 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:37:33
23:0323:2723:5100:1500:3901:0301:27
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2085
Boundaryin Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 53 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 31 October
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Night of Thursday 1 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:38 on Thu 1 Nov to 22:10 on Thu 1 Nov.
2085-10-31T21:37:33Z → 2085-11-01T19:10:09Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:51–00:39 on the 31st, 23:51–00:39 on the 1st.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 113 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Aleppo, 2085: Wednesday 31 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Aleppo, Rāsayātrā 2085 falls on Wednesday 31 October. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:38 on Thu 1 Nov to 22:10 on Thu 1 Nov and covers 2 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 1 min 53 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 31 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 31 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 31 Oct |
| 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 31st | Covered | Niśītha 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:38 → 12:10 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:38 → 14:10 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:38 → 15:10 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:38 → 15:10 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| London | 21:38 → 19:10 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Durban | 23:38 → 21:10 | 23:16 | 26 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:38 → 23:10 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Delhi | 03:08 → 00:40 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Kolkata | 03:08 → 00:40 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:56 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Singapore | 05:38 → 03:10 | 00:24 | 0 min | 00:24 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Sydney | 08:38 → 06:10 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Suva | 09:38 → 07:10 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 1 Nov |