Night of Sunday 6 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:36 00:24 niśītha ends
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1938
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 20 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 6 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 7 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 02:02 on Mon 7 Nov to 00:23 on Tue 8 Nov.
1938-11-07T00:02:25Z → 1938-11-07T22:23:22Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:36–00:24 on the 6th, 23:36–00:24 on the 7th.
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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 20 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Bucharest, 1938: Monday 7 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Rāsayātrā 1938 falls on Monday 7 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:02 on Mon 7 Nov to 00:23 on Tue 8 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 0 min 20 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 7 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 7 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 7 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Niśītha 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:02 → 14:23 | 23:13 | 0 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Chicago | 18:02 → 16:23 | 23:11 | 0 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Jersey City | 19:02 → 17:23 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 20:02 → 18:23 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| London | 00:02 → 22:23 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Durban | 02:02 → 00:23 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Dubai | 04:02 → 02:23 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Delhi | 05:32 → 03:53 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Kolkata | 05:32 → 03:53 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Singapore | 07:22 → 05:43 | 23:44 | 48 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Sydney | 10:02 → 08:23 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Suva | 12:02 → 10:23 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 7 Nov |