Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1999

Monday 22 November

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 387 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 22 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:15  00:03 niśītha ends
22:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:51

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 23 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:47 on Mon 22 Nov to 13:04 on Tue 23 Nov.

    1999-11-22T10:47:28Z → 1999-11-23T07:03:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:15–00:03 on the 22nd, 23:15–00:03 on the 23rd.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 23244 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Chattogram, 1999: Monday 22 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Rāsayātrā 1999 falls on Monday 22 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:47 on Mon 22 Nov to 13:04 on Tue 23 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/1999/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

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 22ndCoveredNiśītha 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:47 → 23:0423:150 min23:160 min22 Nov
Chicago04:47 → 01:0423:1348 min23:130 min22 Nov
Jersey City05:47 → 02:0423:1948 min23:190 min22 Nov
Port of Spain06:47 → 03:0423:2848 min23:290 min22 Nov
London10:47 → 07:0423:2348 min23:230 min22 Nov
Durban12:47 → 09:0423:1848 min23:180 min22 Nov
Dubai14:47 → 11:0423:4148 min23:410 min22 Nov
Delhi16:17 → 12:3423:4348 min23:440 min22 Nov
Kolkata16:17 → 12:3422:5948 min22:590 min22 Nov
Singapore18:47 → 15:0400:2748 min00:270 min22 Nov
Sydney21:47 → 18:0400:1748 min00:170 min22 Nov
Suva23:47 → 20:0400:2848 min00:290 min22 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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