Night of Monday 1 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:15 00:03 niśītha ends
22:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:51
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1971
Boundaryin Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 33 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 1 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 2 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
5 of 48 minutes covered, the first 5
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 03:08 on Tue 2 Nov to 23:19 on Tue 2 Nov.
1971-11-02T01:07:56Z → 1971-11-02T21:19:21Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:15–00:03 on the 1st, 23:15–00:03 on the 2nd.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 5 of 48 on the 2nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 273 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Cairo, 1971: Tuesday 2 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Cairo, Rāsayātrā 1971 falls on Tuesday 2 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:08 on Tue 2 Nov to 23:19 on Tue 2 Nov and covers 5 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 4 min 33 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 2 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 2 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 2 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo. | ||
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 2nd | Covered | Niśītha 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:08 → 13:19 | 23:13 | 0 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:08 → 15:19 | 23:11 | 0 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:08 → 16:19 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:08 → 17:19 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| London | 01:08 → 21:19 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Durban | 03:08 → 23:19 | 23:15 | 4 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:08 → 01:19 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:38 → 02:49 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:38 → 02:49 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Singapore | 08:38 → 04:49 | 23:54 | 48 min | 23:54 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Sydney | 12:08 → 08:19 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Suva | 13:08 → 09:19 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 2 Nov |