Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1946

Friday 8 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 526 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 Thursday 7 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

Night of Friday 8 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:36  00:24 niśītha ends
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12

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 12:23 on Fri 8 Nov to 09:10 on Sat 9 Nov.

    1946-11-08T10:22:54Z → 1946-11-09T07:10:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:36–00:24 on the 7th, 23:36–00:24 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 31587 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Bucharest, 1946: Friday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rāsayātrā 1946 falls on Friday 8 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:23 on Fri 8 Nov to 09:10 on Sat 9 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1946/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 8thCoveredNiśītha 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:23 → 23:1023:130 min23:130 min8 Nov
Chicago04:23 → 01:1023:1148 min23:110 min8 Nov
Jersey City05:23 → 02:1023:1648 min23:170 min8 Nov
Port of Spain06:23 → 03:1023:2648 min23:260 min8 Nov
London10:23 → 07:1023:2148 min23:210 min8 Nov
Durban12:23 → 09:1023:1648 min23:160 min8 Nov
Dubai14:23 → 11:1023:3948 min23:390 min8 Nov
Delhi15:53 → 12:4023:4148 min23:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata15:53 → 12:4022:5648 min22:570 min8 Nov
Singapore17:53 → 14:4023:5448 min23:540 min8 Nov
Sydney20:23 → 17:1023:1548 min23:150 min8 Nov
Suva22:23 → 19:1023:2648 min23:260 min8 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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