Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1904

Tuesday 22 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 611 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 Monday 21 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 22 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:41  00:29 niśītha ends
22:5323:1723:4100:0500:2900:5301:17

48 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 10:39 on Tue 22 Nov to 11:12 on Wed 23 Nov.

    1904-11-22T02:38:55Z → 1904-11-23T03:12:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 21st, 23:41–00:29 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 36634 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Baoding, 1904: Tuesday 22 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāsayātrā 1904 falls on Tuesday 22 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:39 on Tue 22 Nov to 11:12 on Wed 23 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1904/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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 22ndCoveredNiśītha 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:39 → 19:1223:160 min23:160 min21 Nov
Chicago20:39 → 21:1223:130 min23:140 min21 Nov
Jersey City21:39 → 22:1223:190 min23:190 min21 Nov
Port of Spain22:39 → 23:1223:280 min23:290 min21 Nov
London02:39 → 03:1223:2348 min23:240 min22 Nov
Durban04:39 → 05:1223:1848 min23:180 min22 Nov
Dubai06:20 → 06:5323:2248 min23:220 min22 Nov
Delhi08:00 → 08:3323:3448 min23:350 min22 Nov
Kolkata08:00 → 08:3322:5048 min22:500 min22 Nov
Singapore09:34 → 10:0723:2248 min23:220 min22 Nov
Sydney12:39 → 13:1223:1748 min23:180 min22 Nov
Suva14:34 → 15:0723:2348 min23:240 min22 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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