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Ruling · 2046 · Chicago

Rāsayātrā

Monday 12 November2046 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Determinatemargin 560 min

In Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 560 minutes.

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The two nights निशीथ

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Sunday 11 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:11  23:59 niśītha ends
22:2322:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:47

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 12 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:11  23:59 niśītha ends
22:2322:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:47

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 09:19 on Mon 12 Nov to 11:05 on Tue 13 Nov.

    2046-11-12T15:18:43Z → 2046-11-13T17:04:33Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:11–23:59 on the 11th, 23:11–23:59 on the 12th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 33579 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Chicago, 2046: Monday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chicago, Rāsayātrā 2046 falls on Monday 12 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:19 on Mon 12 Nov to 11:05 on Tue 13 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/chicago/festivals/2046/rasayatrapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 12 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago.

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 clocks

PlacePūrṇimāNiśītha 12thCoveredNiśītha 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:19 → 09:0523:1348 min23:140 min12 Nov
Chicago09:19 → 11:0523:1148 min23:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City10:19 → 12:0523:1748 min23:170 min12 Nov
Port of Spain11:19 → 13:0523:2648 min23:270 min12 Nov
London15:19 → 17:0523:2148 min23:210 min12 Nov
Durban17:19 → 19:0523:1648 min23:160 min12 Nov
Dubai19:19 → 21:0523:3948 min23:390 min12 Nov
Delhi20:49 → 22:3523:4148 min23:420 min12 Nov
Kolkata20:49 → 22:3522:5748 min22:570 min12 Nov
Singapore23:19 → 01:0500:2548 min00:2540 min13 Nov
Sydney02:19 → 04:0500:150 min00:1548 min13 Nov
Suva03:19 → 05:0523:260 min23:2748 min13 Nov
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rasayatra@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s