Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1994

Thursday 17 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 351 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 Wednesday 16 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:37  00:25 niśītha ends
22:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:4901:13

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 17 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:37  00:25 niśītha ends
22:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:4901:13

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 06:16 on Thu 17 Nov to 08:57 on Fri 18 Nov.

    1994-11-17T04:15:31Z → 1994-11-18T06:57:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:37–00:25 on the 16th, 23:37–00:25 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 21046 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Bucharest, 1994: Thursday 17 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rāsayātrā 1994 falls on Thursday 17 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:16 on Thu 17 Nov to 08:57 on Fri 18 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1994/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 17 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 17 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 17 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 17thCoveredNiśītha 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:16 → 22:5723:140 min23:150 min16 Nov
Chicago22:16 → 00:5723:1248 min23:120 min17 Nov
Jersey City23:16 → 01:5723:1848 min23:180 min17 Nov
Port of Spain00:16 → 02:5723:2748 min23:270 min17 Nov
London04:16 → 06:5723:2248 min23:220 min17 Nov
Durban06:16 → 08:5723:1748 min23:170 min17 Nov
Dubai08:16 → 10:5723:4048 min23:400 min17 Nov
Delhi09:46 → 12:2723:4248 min23:420 min17 Nov
Kolkata09:46 → 12:2722:5848 min22:580 min17 Nov
Singapore12:16 → 14:5700:2648 min00:260 min17 Nov
Sydney15:16 → 17:5700:1648 min00:160 min17 Nov
Suva16:16 → 18:5723:2748 min23:270 min17 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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