Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1948

Tuesday 16 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 95 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 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

Night of Tuesday 16 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

Pūrṇimā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 02:03 on Tue 16 Nov to 02:31 on Wed 17 Nov.

    1948-11-15T18:02:30Z → 1948-11-16T18:31:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 15th, 23:39–00:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 5724 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Baoding, 1948: Tuesday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāsayātrā 1948 falls on Tuesday 16 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:03 on Tue 16 Nov to 02:31 on Wed 17 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1948/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredNiśītha 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:03 → 11:3100:1448 min00:140 min15 Nov
Chicago12:03 → 12:3123:1248 min23:120 min15 Nov
Jersey City13:03 → 13:3123:1748 min23:180 min15 Nov
Port of Spain14:03 → 14:3123:2748 min23:270 min15 Nov
London18:03 → 18:3123:2248 min23:220 min15 Nov
Durban20:03 → 20:3123:1648 min23:170 min15 Nov
Dubai22:03 → 22:3123:4048 min23:400 min15 Nov
Delhi23:33 → 00:0123:4248 min23:4219 min16 Nov
Kolkata23:33 → 00:0122:5713 min22:5848 min16 Nov
Singapore01:33 → 02:0123:550 min23:5548 min16 Nov
Sydney04:03 → 04:3123:160 min23:1648 min16 Nov
Suva06:03 → 06:3123:270 min23:2748 min16 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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