Night of Thursday 28 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:42 00:30 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:31:54
22:5423:1823:4200:0600:3000:5401:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1974
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 36 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 28 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 29 November
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:32 on Fri 29 Nov to 23:10 on Fri 29 Nov.
1974-11-28T16:31:54Z → 1974-11-29T15:10:04Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:42–00:30 on the 28th, 23:43–00:31 on the 29th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 96 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Baoding, 1974: Friday 29 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Rāsayātrā 1974 falls on Friday 29 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:32 on Fri 29 Nov to 23:10 on Fri 29 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 1 min 36 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 29 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 29 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 28 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rasayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Niśītha 28th | Covered | Niśītha 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:32 → 07:10 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Chicago | 10:32 → 09:10 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Jersey City | 11:32 → 10:10 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 12:32 → 11:10 | 23:30 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| London | 16:32 → 15:10 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:25 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Durban | 18:32 → 17:10 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:20 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Dubai | 20:32 → 19:10 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:02 → 20:40 | 23:45 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:02 → 20:40 | 23:01 | 48 min | 23:01 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Singapore | 00:02 → 22:40 | 23:59 | 45 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Sydney | 03:32 → 02:10 | 00:19 | 0 min | 00:19 | 48 min | 29 Nov |
| Suva | 04:32 → 03:10 | 23:30 | 0 min | 23:30 | 48 min | 29 Nov |