Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2059

Tuesday 18 November

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 87 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 Tuesday 18 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 19 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

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

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 21:47 on Tue 18 Nov to 19:10 on Wed 19 Nov.

    2059-11-18T15:46:43Z → 2059-11-19T13:09:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:14–00:02 on the 18th, 23:14–00:02 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 5239 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Chattogram, 2059: Tuesday 18 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Rāsayātrā 2059 falls on Tuesday 18 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:47 on Tue 18 Nov to 19:10 on Wed 19 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2059/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 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 18thCoveredNiśītha 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:47 → 05:1023:1548 min23:150 min18 Nov
Chicago09:47 → 07:1023:1248 min23:120 min18 Nov
Jersey City10:47 → 08:1023:1848 min23:180 min18 Nov
Port of Spain11:47 → 09:1023:2748 min23:280 min18 Nov
London15:47 → 13:1023:2248 min23:220 min18 Nov
Durban17:47 → 15:1023:1748 min23:170 min18 Nov
Dubai19:47 → 17:1023:4048 min23:400 min18 Nov
Delhi21:17 → 18:4023:4248 min23:430 min18 Nov
Kolkata21:17 → 18:4022:5848 min22:580 min18 Nov
Singapore23:47 → 21:1000:2648 min00:260 min18 Nov
Sydney02:47 → 00:1000:160 min00:160 min19 Nov
Suva03:47 → 01:1023:270 min23:2848 min19 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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