Night of Thursday 27 November
Qualifies with 4 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:40 00:28 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:23:18
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16
4 of 48 minutes covered, the last 4
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2031
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 12 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 27 November
Qualifies with 4 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
4 of 48 minutes covered, the last 4
Night of Friday 28 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:23 on Fri 28 Nov to 01:18 on Sat 29 Nov.
2031-11-27T22:23:18Z → 2031-11-28T23:18:29Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 27th, 23:40–00:28 on the 28th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 4 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 252 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Bucharest, 2031: Friday 28 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Rāsayātrā 2031 falls on Friday 28 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:23 on Fri 28 Nov to 01:18 on Sat 29 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 4 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 4 min 12 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 28 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 28 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 28 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 27th | Covered | Niśītha 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:23 → 15:18 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 27 Nov |
| Chicago | 16:23 → 17:18 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 27 Nov |
| Jersey City | 17:23 → 18:18 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 27 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 18:23 → 19:18 | 23:30 | 48 min | 23:30 | 0 min | 27 Nov |
| London | 22:23 → 23:18 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:25 | 0 min | 27 Nov |
| Durban | 00:23 → 01:18 | 23:19 | 0 min | 23:20 | 48 min | 28 Nov |
| Dubai | 02:23 → 03:18 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:43 | 48 min | 28 Nov |
| Delhi | 03:53 → 04:48 | 23:45 | 0 min | 23:45 | 48 min | 28 Nov |
| Kolkata | 03:53 → 04:48 | 23:00 | 0 min | 23:01 | 48 min | 28 Nov |
| Singapore | 06:23 → 07:18 | 00:28 | 0 min | 00:29 | 48 min | 28 Nov |
| Sydney | 09:23 → 10:18 | 00:19 | 0 min | 00:19 | 48 min | 28 Nov |
| Suva | 10:23 → 11:18 | 23:30 | 0 min | 23:30 | 48 min | 28 Nov |