Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1993

Sunday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 552 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 Sunday 28 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 29 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:43  00:31 niśītha ends
22:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:5501:19

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 12:59 on Sun 28 Nov to 14:31 on Mon 29 Nov.

    1993-11-28T04:59:17Z → 1993-11-29T06:30:45Z

  2. 02

    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′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 33120 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Baoding, 1993: Sunday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāsayātrā 1993 falls on Sunday 28 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:59 on Sun 28 Nov to 14:31 on Mon 29 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1993/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 28 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 28thCoveredNiśītha 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:59 → 22:3123:170 min23:180 min27 Nov
Chicago22:59 → 00:3123:1548 min23:150 min28 Nov
Jersey City23:59 → 01:3123:2148 min23:210 min28 Nov
Port of Spain00:59 → 02:3123:3048 min23:310 min28 Nov
London04:59 → 06:3123:2548 min23:250 min28 Nov
Durban06:59 → 08:3123:2048 min23:200 min28 Nov
Dubai08:59 → 10:3123:4348 min23:430 min28 Nov
Delhi10:29 → 12:0123:4548 min23:460 min28 Nov
Kolkata10:29 → 12:0123:0148 min23:010 min28 Nov
Singapore12:59 → 14:3100:2948 min00:290 min28 Nov
Sydney15:59 → 17:3100:1948 min00:190 min28 Nov
Suva16:59 → 18:3123:3048 min23:310 min28 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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