Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2012

Tuesday 27 November

Determinatein Cali, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 407 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

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

Night of Monday 26 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:30  00:18 niśītha ends
22:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:06

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 27 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:30  00:18 niśītha ends
22:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:06

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 07:05 on Tue 27 Nov to 09:46 on Wed 28 Nov.

    2012-11-27T12:04:41Z → 2012-11-28T14:45:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:30–00:18 on the 26th, 23:30–00:18 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 24416 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Cali, 2012: Tuesday 27 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Cali, Rāsayātrā 2012 falls on Tuesday 27 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:05 on Tue 27 Nov to 09:46 on Wed 28 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/cali/festivals/2012/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Cali.

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 27thCoveredNiśītha 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:05 → 06:4623:1748 min23:180 min27 Nov
Chicago06:05 → 08:4623:1548 min23:150 min27 Nov
Jersey City07:05 → 09:4623:2148 min23:210 min27 Nov
Port of Spain08:05 → 10:4623:3048 min23:300 min27 Nov
London12:05 → 14:4623:2548 min23:250 min27 Nov
Durban14:05 → 16:4623:2048 min23:200 min27 Nov
Dubai16:05 → 18:4623:4348 min23:430 min27 Nov
Delhi17:35 → 20:1623:4548 min23:450 min27 Nov
Kolkata17:35 → 20:1623:0048 min23:010 min27 Nov
Singapore20:05 → 22:4600:2848 min00:290 min27 Nov
Sydney23:05 → 01:4600:1948 min00:1948 min28 Nov
Suva01:05 → 03:4600:3013 min00:3048 min28 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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