Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2010

Sunday 21 November

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 12 s.

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 Saturday 20 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:14  00:02 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 23:07:15
22:2622:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:50

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 21 November

Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.

niśītha begins 23:15  00:03 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 23:27:20
22:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:51

13 of 48 minutes covered, the first 13

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 23:07 on Sat 20 Nov to 23:27 on Sun 21 Nov.

    2010-11-20T17:07:15Z → 2010-11-21T17:27:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:14–00:02 on the 20th, 23:15–00:03 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 13 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 432 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Chattogram, 2010: Sunday 21 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Rāsayātrā 2010 falls on Sunday 21 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:07 on Sat 20 Nov to 23:27 on Sun 21 Nov and covers 13 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2010/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 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 20thCoveredNiśītha 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:07 → 09:2723:1548 min23:150 min20 Nov
Chicago11:07 → 11:2723:1348 min23:130 min20 Nov
Jersey City12:07 → 12:2723:1848 min23:190 min20 Nov
Port of Spain13:07 → 13:2723:2848 min23:280 min20 Nov
London17:07 → 17:2723:2348 min23:230 min20 Nov
Durban19:07 → 19:2723:1748 min23:180 min20 Nov
Dubai21:07 → 21:2723:4148 min23:410 min20 Nov
Delhi22:37 → 22:5723:4348 min23:430 min20 Nov
Kolkata22:37 → 22:5722:5848 min22:590 min20 Nov
Singapore01:07 → 01:2700:267 min00:2748 min21 Nov
Sydney04:07 → 04:2700:170 min00:1748 min21 Nov
Suva06:07 → 06:2700:280 min00:2848 min21 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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