Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1989

Sunday 12 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 447 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 11 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 Sunday 12 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 11:42 on Sun 12 Nov to 07:51 on Mon 13 Nov.

    1989-11-12T09:42:07Z → 1989-11-13T05:51:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:36–00:24 on the 11th, 23:36–00:24 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 26834 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Bucharest, 1989: Sunday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rāsayātrā 1989 falls on Sunday 12 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:42 on Sun 12 Nov to 07:51 on Mon 13 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1989/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 12 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 12thCoveredNiśītha 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:42 → 21:5123:130 min23:140 min12 Nov
Chicago03:42 → 23:5123:1140 min23:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City04:42 → 00:5123:1748 min23:170 min12 Nov
Port of Spain05:42 → 01:5123:2648 min23:270 min12 Nov
London09:42 → 05:5123:2148 min23:210 min12 Nov
Durban11:42 → 07:5123:1648 min23:160 min12 Nov
Dubai13:42 → 09:5123:3948 min23:390 min12 Nov
Delhi15:12 → 11:2123:4148 min23:420 min12 Nov
Kolkata15:12 → 11:2122:5748 min22:570 min12 Nov
Singapore17:42 → 13:5100:2548 min00:250 min12 Nov
Sydney20:42 → 16:5100:1548 min00:150 min12 Nov
Suva21:42 → 17:5123:2648 min23:270 min12 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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