Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2080

Tuesday 26 November

Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 428 minutes.

Decide it for

30°04′ N 31°15′ E · Africa/Cairo · GeoNames 360630

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Monday 25 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:19  00:07 niśītha ends
22:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:55

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 26 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:19  00:07 niśītha ends
22:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:55

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 09:05 on Tue 26 Nov to 07:15 on Wed 27 Nov.

    2080-11-26T07:05:26Z → 2080-11-27T05:15:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:19–00:07 on the 25th, 23:19–00:07 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 25699 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Cairo, 2080: Tuesday 26 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Cairo, Rāsayātrā 2080 falls on Tuesday 26 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:05 on Tue 26 Nov to 07:15 on Wed 27 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/cairo/festivals/2080/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo.

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 26thCoveredNiśītha 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:05 → 21:1523:170 min23:170 min25 Nov
Chicago01:05 → 23:1523:151 min23:150 min26 Nov
Jersey City02:05 → 00:1523:2048 min23:210 min26 Nov
Port of Spain03:05 → 01:1523:3048 min23:300 min26 Nov
London07:05 → 05:1523:2548 min23:250 min26 Nov
Durban09:05 → 07:1523:2048 min23:200 min26 Nov
Dubai11:05 → 09:1523:4348 min23:430 min26 Nov
Delhi12:35 → 10:4523:4548 min23:450 min26 Nov
Kolkata12:35 → 10:4523:0048 min23:010 min26 Nov
Singapore15:05 → 13:1500:2848 min00:290 min26 Nov
Sydney18:05 → 16:1500:1948 min00:190 min26 Nov
Suva19:05 → 17:1523:3048 min23:300 min26 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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