Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1921

Monday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 88 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 14 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:39  00:27 niśītha ends
22:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:5101:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 15 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:39  00:27 niśītha ends
22:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:5101:15

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 22:11 on Mon 14 Nov to 21:39 on Tue 15 Nov.

    1921-11-14T14:10:50Z → 1921-11-15T13:38:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 14th, 23:39–00:27 on the 15th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 5286 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Baoding, 1921: Monday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāsayātrā 1921 falls on Monday 14 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:11 on Mon 14 Nov to 21:39 on Tue 15 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1921/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 14 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 14thCoveredNiśītha 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:11 → 05:3923:1448 min23:140 min14 Nov
Chicago08:11 → 07:3923:1248 min23:120 min14 Nov
Jersey City09:11 → 08:3923:1748 min23:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain10:11 → 09:3923:2748 min23:270 min14 Nov
London14:11 → 13:3923:2248 min23:220 min14 Nov
Durban16:11 → 15:3923:1648 min23:160 min14 Nov
Dubai18:11 → 17:3923:3948 min23:400 min14 Nov
Delhi19:41 → 19:0923:4248 min23:420 min14 Nov
Kolkata19:41 → 19:0922:5748 min22:570 min14 Nov
Singapore21:11 → 20:3923:2548 min23:250 min14 Nov
Sydney00:11 → 23:3923:150 min23:1623 min15 Nov
Suva02:11 → 01:3923:270 min23:2748 min15 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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