Night of Wednesday 12 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:08 23:56 niśītha ends
22:2022:4423:0823:3223:5600:2000:44
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1913
Boundaryin Algiers, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 49 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 12 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 13 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
3 of 48 minutes covered, the first 3
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:52 on Wed 12 Nov to 23:11 on Thu 13 Nov.
1913-11-12T21:51:34Z → 1913-11-13T23:11:06Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:08–23:56 on the 12th, 23:08–23:56 on the 13th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 3 of 48 on the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 169 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Algiers, 1913: Thursday 13 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Algiers, Rāsayātrā 1913 falls on Thursday 13 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:52 on Wed 12 Nov to 23:11 on Thu 13 Nov and covers 3 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 2 min 49 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 13 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 13 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 13 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Algiers. | ||
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 12th | Covered | Niśītha 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:52 → 15:11 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Chicago | 15:52 → 17:11 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Jersey City | 16:52 → 18:11 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 17:52 → 19:11 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| London | 21:52 → 23:11 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Durban | 23:52 → 01:11 | 23:16 | 12 min | 23:16 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Dubai | 01:33 → 02:52 | 23:20 | 0 min | 23:20 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Delhi | 03:22 → 04:41 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Kolkata | 03:22 → 04:41 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:57 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:52 → 06:11 | 23:25 | 0 min | 23:25 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Sydney | 07:52 → 09:11 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Suva | 09:47 → 11:06 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:22 | 48 min | 13 Nov |