Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1958

Tuesday 25 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 325 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 Tuesday 25 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

Night of Wednesday 26 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:42  00:30 niśītha ends
22:5423:1823:4200:0600:3000:5401:18

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 16:06 on Tue 25 Nov to 18:17 on Wed 26 Nov.

    1958-11-25T08:06:03Z → 1958-11-26T10:16:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:41–00:29 on the 25th, 23:42–00:30 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 19498 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Baoding, 1958: Tuesday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāsayātrā 1958 falls on Tuesday 25 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:06 on Tue 25 Nov to 18:17 on Wed 26 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1958/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 25 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 25thCoveredNiśītha 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:06 → 02:1723:1648 min23:170 min25 Nov
Chicago02:06 → 04:1723:1448 min23:140 min25 Nov
Jersey City03:06 → 05:1723:2048 min23:200 min25 Nov
Port of Spain04:06 → 06:1723:2948 min23:300 min25 Nov
London08:06 → 10:1723:2448 min23:240 min25 Nov
Durban10:06 → 12:1723:1948 min23:190 min25 Nov
Dubai12:06 → 14:1723:4248 min23:420 min25 Nov
Delhi13:36 → 15:4723:4448 min23:450 min25 Nov
Kolkata13:36 → 15:4723:0048 min23:000 min25 Nov
Singapore15:36 → 17:4723:5848 min23:580 min25 Nov
Sydney18:06 → 20:1723:1848 min23:180 min25 Nov
Suva20:06 → 22:1723:2948 min23:290 min25 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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