Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2047

Saturday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 32 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Friday 1 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 2 November

Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 00:58:14
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

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 22:34 on Fri 1 Nov to 00:58 on Sun 3 Nov.

    2047-11-01T14:34:29Z → 2047-11-02T16:58:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 1st, 23:38–00:26 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1932 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Baoding, 2047: Saturday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāsayātrā 2047 falls on Saturday 2 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:34 on Fri 1 Nov to 00:58 on Sun 3 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2047/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 1stCoveredNiśītha 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:34 → 09:5800:1348 min00:130 min1 Nov
Chicago09:34 → 11:5800:1148 min00:110 min1 Nov
Jersey City10:34 → 12:5800:1648 min00:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain10:34 → 12:5823:2648 min23:260 min1 Nov
London14:34 → 16:5823:2148 min23:210 min1 Nov
Durban16:34 → 18:5823:1548 min23:150 min1 Nov
Dubai18:34 → 20:5823:3948 min23:390 min1 Nov
Delhi20:04 → 22:2823:4148 min23:410 min1 Nov
Kolkata20:04 → 22:2822:5648 min22:560 min1 Nov
Singapore22:34 → 00:5800:2448 min00:2434 min2 Nov
Sydney01:34 → 03:5800:150 min00:1548 min2 Nov
Suva02:34 → 04:5823:260 min23:2648 min2 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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