Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2068

Thursday 8 November

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 143 minutes.

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The two nights

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

Night of Thursday 8 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:13  00:01 niśītha ends
22:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:49

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 9 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:13  00:01 niśītha ends
22:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:49

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 20:50 on Thu 8 Nov to 17:41 on Fri 9 Nov.

    2068-11-08T14:50:01Z → 2068-11-09T11:41:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:13–00:01 on the 8th, 23:13–00:01 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 8564 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Chattogram, 2068: Thursday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Rāsayātrā 2068 falls on Thursday 8 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:50 on Thu 8 Nov to 17:41 on Fri 9 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2068/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 8thCoveredNiśītha 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:50 → 03:4123:1348 min23:130 min8 Nov
Chicago08:50 → 05:4123:1148 min23:110 min8 Nov
Jersey City09:50 → 06:4123:1748 min23:170 min8 Nov
Port of Spain10:50 → 07:4123:2648 min23:260 min8 Nov
London14:50 → 11:4123:2148 min23:210 min8 Nov
Durban16:50 → 13:4123:1648 min23:160 min8 Nov
Dubai18:50 → 15:4123:3948 min23:390 min8 Nov
Delhi20:20 → 17:1123:4148 min23:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata20:20 → 17:1122:5748 min22:570 min8 Nov
Singapore22:50 → 19:4100:2548 min00:250 min8 Nov
Sydney01:50 → 22:4100:150 min00:150 min9 Nov
Suva02:50 → 23:4123:260 min23:2615 min9 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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