Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1972

Monday 20 November

Boundaryin Algiers, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 11 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

36°44′ N 3°05′ E · Africa/Algiers · GeoNames 2507480

The two nights

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

Night of Sunday 19 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:09  23:57 niśītha ends
22:2122:4523:0923:3323:5700:2100:45

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 20 November

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.

niśītha begins 23:10  23:58 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 23:06:30
22:2222:4623:1023:3423:5800:2200:46

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 03:00 on Mon 20 Nov to 23:07 on Mon 20 Nov.

    1972-11-20T02:59:35Z → 1972-11-20T23:06:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:09–23:57 on the 19th, 23:10–23:58 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 0 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

    Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 191 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Algiers, 1972: Monday 20 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Algiers, Rāsayātrā 1972 falls on Monday 20 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:00 on Mon 20 Nov to 23:07 on Mon 20 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 3 min 11 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/algiers/festivals/1972/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 20 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 20 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 20 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Algiers.

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 20thCoveredNiśītha 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:00 → 15:0723:150 min23:150 min19 Nov
Chicago21:00 → 17:0723:130 min23:130 min19 Nov
Jersey City22:00 → 18:0723:180 min23:190 min19 Nov
Port of Spain23:00 → 19:0723:280 min23:280 min19 Nov
London03:00 → 23:0723:230 min23:230 min20 Nov
Durban05:00 → 01:0723:1848 min23:180 min20 Nov
Dubai07:00 → 03:0723:4148 min23:410 min20 Nov
Delhi08:30 → 04:3723:4348 min23:430 min20 Nov
Kolkata08:30 → 04:3722:5848 min22:590 min20 Nov
Singapore10:30 → 06:3723:5648 min23:570 min20 Nov
Sydney14:00 → 10:0700:1748 min00:170 min20 Nov
Suva15:00 → 11:0723:2848 min23:280 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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