Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1942

Saturday 21 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 74 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two nights

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

Night of Saturday 21 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

Night of Sunday 22 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

Pūrṇimā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 20:56 on Sat 21 Nov to 22:24 on Sun 22 Nov.

    1942-11-21T18:56:00Z → 1942-11-22T20:24:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 21st, 23:38–00:26 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 4433 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Bucharest, 1942: Saturday 21 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rāsayātrā 1942 falls on Saturday 21 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:56 on Sat 21 Nov to 22:24 on Sun 22 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1942/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 21 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 21 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 21 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 21stCoveredNiśītha 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:56 → 13:2400:1548 min00:150 min21 Nov
Chicago13:56 → 15:2400:1348 min00:130 min21 Nov
Jersey City14:56 → 16:2400:1948 min00:190 min21 Nov
Port of Spain15:56 → 17:2400:2848 min00:280 min21 Nov
London19:56 → 21:2400:2348 min00:230 min21 Nov
Durban21:56 → 23:2400:1848 min00:180 min21 Nov
Dubai22:56 → 00:2423:4148 min23:4143 min22 Nov
Delhi01:26 → 02:5400:435 min00:4348 min22 Nov
Kolkata01:26 → 02:5423:590 min23:5948 min22 Nov
Singapore03:56 → 05:2401:260 min01:2748 min22 Nov
Sydney05:56 → 07:2400:170 min00:1748 min22 Nov
Suva06:56 → 08:2423:280 min23:2848 min22 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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