Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2077

Monday 29 November

Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 21 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Sunday 28 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 29 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:41  00:29 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 23:43:57
22:5323:1723:4100:0500:2900:5301:17

3 of 48 minutes covered, the first 3

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 02:27 on Mon 29 Nov to 23:44 on Mon 29 Nov.

    2077-11-29T00:26:53Z → 2077-11-29T21:43:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 28th, 23:41–00:29 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 3 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 201 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Bucharest, 2077: Monday 29 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rāsayātrā 2077 falls on Monday 29 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:27 on Mon 29 Nov to 23:44 on Mon 29 Nov and covers 3 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 3 min 21 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2077/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 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 29thCoveredNiśītha 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:27 → 13:4423:180 min23:180 min28 Nov
Chicago18:27 → 15:4423:160 min23:160 min28 Nov
Jersey City19:27 → 16:4423:210 min23:220 min28 Nov
Port of Spain20:27 → 17:4423:310 min23:310 min28 Nov
London00:27 → 21:4423:260 min23:260 min29 Nov
Durban02:27 → 23:4423:2123 min23:210 min29 Nov
Dubai04:27 → 01:4423:4448 min23:440 min29 Nov
Delhi05:57 → 03:1423:4648 min23:460 min29 Nov
Kolkata05:57 → 03:1423:0148 min23:020 min29 Nov
Singapore08:27 → 05:4400:2948 min00:300 min29 Nov
Sydney11:27 → 08:4400:2048 min00:200 min29 Nov
Suva12:27 → 09:4423:3148 min23:310 min29 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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