Night of Thursday 13 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
niśītha begins 00:14 01:02 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 01:00:54
23:2623:5000:1400:3801:0201:2601:50
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1997
Boundaryin Chongqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 22 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 13 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Night of Friday 14 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 01:01 on Fri 14 Nov to 22:12 on Fri 14 Nov.
1997-11-13T17:00:55Z → 1997-11-14T14:11:37Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:14–01:02 on the 13th, 00:14–01:02 on the 14th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 1 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 82 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Chongqing, 1997: Thursday 13 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Chongqing, Rāsayātrā 1997 falls on Thursday 13 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:01 on Fri 14 Nov to 22:12 on Fri 14 Nov and covers 1 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 1 min 22 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 13 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 13 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 13 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chongqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rasayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Niśītha 13th | Covered | Niśītha 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:01 → 06:12 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Chicago | 11:01 → 08:12 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Jersey City | 12:01 → 09:12 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 13:01 → 10:12 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| London | 17:01 → 14:12 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Durban | 19:01 → 16:12 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:01 → 18:12 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:31 → 19:42 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:31 → 19:42 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Singapore | 01:01 → 22:12 | 00:25 | 12 min | 00:25 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:01 → 01:12 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 14 Nov |
| Suva | 05:01 → 02:12 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 14 Nov |