Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2043

Monday 16 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 Sunday 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 Monday 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 09:38 on Mon 16 Nov to 05:53 on Tue 17 Nov.

    2043-11-16T01:37:42Z → 2043-11-16T21:52:33Z

  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 19522 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Baoding, 2043: Monday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāsayātrā 2043 falls on Monday 16 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:38 on Mon 16 Nov to 05:53 on Tue 17 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 16thCoveredNiśītha 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:38 → 13:5323:140 min23:140 min15 Nov
Chicago19:38 → 15:5323:120 min23:120 min15 Nov
Jersey City20:38 → 16:5323:170 min23:180 min15 Nov
Port of Spain21:38 → 17:5323:270 min23:270 min15 Nov
London01:38 → 21:5323:220 min23:220 min16 Nov
Durban03:38 → 23:5323:1736 min23:170 min16 Nov
Dubai05:38 → 01:5323:4048 min23:400 min16 Nov
Delhi07:08 → 03:2323:4248 min23:420 min16 Nov
Kolkata07:08 → 03:2322:5748 min22:580 min16 Nov
Singapore09:38 → 05:5300:2548 min00:260 min16 Nov
Sydney12:38 → 08:5300:1648 min00:160 min16 Nov
Suva13:38 → 09:5323:2748 min23:270 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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