Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2073

Tuesday 14 November

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 22 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 13 November

Qualifies with 22 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:13  00:01 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 23:39:36
22:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:49

22 of 48 minutes covered, the last 22

Night of Tuesday 14 November

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

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

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 23:40 on Mon 13 Nov to 01:56 on Wed 15 Nov.

    2073-11-13T17:39:36Z → 2073-11-14T19:55:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:13–00:01 on the 13th, 23:13–00:01 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 22 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 1303 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Chattogram, 2073: Tuesday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Rāsayātrā 2073 falls on Tuesday 14 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:40 on Mon 13 Nov to 01:56 on Wed 15 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 22 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2073/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 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 13thCoveredNiśītha 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:40 → 11:5623:1448 min23:140 min13 Nov
Chicago11:40 → 13:5623:1248 min23:120 min13 Nov
Jersey City12:40 → 14:5623:1748 min23:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain13:40 → 15:5623:2748 min23:270 min13 Nov
London17:40 → 19:5623:2248 min23:220 min13 Nov
Durban19:40 → 21:5623:1648 min23:160 min13 Nov
Dubai21:40 → 23:5623:3948 min23:4016 min14 Nov
Delhi23:10 → 01:2623:4248 min23:4248 min14 Nov
Kolkata23:10 → 01:2622:5736 min22:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore01:40 → 03:5600:250 min00:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney04:40 → 06:5600:160 min00:1648 min14 Nov
Suva05:40 → 07:5623:270 min23:2748 min14 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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