Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2074

Saturday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 60 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 2 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 3 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
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 01:26 on Sat 3 Nov to 03:23 on Sun 4 Nov.

    2074-11-02T17:26:03Z → 2074-11-03T19:22:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 2nd, 23:38–00:26 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 3593 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Baoding, 2074: Saturday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāsayātrā 2074 falls on Saturday 3 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:26 on Sat 3 Nov to 03:23 on Sun 4 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 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 2ndCoveredNiśītha 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:26 → 12:2300:1348 min00:130 min2 Nov
Chicago12:26 → 14:2300:1148 min00:110 min2 Nov
Jersey City13:26 → 15:2300:1648 min00:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain13:26 → 15:2323:2648 min23:260 min2 Nov
London17:26 → 19:2323:2148 min23:210 min2 Nov
Durban19:26 → 21:2323:1548 min23:150 min2 Nov
Dubai21:26 → 23:2323:3948 min23:390 min2 Nov
Delhi22:56 → 00:5323:4148 min23:4148 min3 Nov
Kolkata22:56 → 00:5322:5648 min22:5648 min3 Nov
Singapore01:26 → 03:2300:240 min00:2448 min3 Nov
Sydney04:26 → 06:2300:150 min00:1548 min3 Nov
Suva05:26 → 07:2323:260 min23:2648 min3 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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