Night of Sunday 24 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:16 01:04 niśītha ends
23:2823:5200:1600:4001:0401:2801:52
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1901
Boundaryin Dakar, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 26 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 24 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 25 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the first 45
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 04:45 on Mon 25 Nov to 01:01 on Tue 26 Nov.
1901-11-25T05:02:20Z → 1901-11-26T01:17:32Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:16–01:04 on the 24th, 00:16–01:04 on the 25th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 45 of 48 on the 25th.
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 206 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Dakar, 1901: Monday 25 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Dakar, Rāsayātrā 1901 falls on Monday 25 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:45 on Mon 25 Nov to 01:01 on Tue 26 Nov and covers 45 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 3 min 26 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 25 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 25 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 25 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Dakar. | ||
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 25th | Covered | Niśītha 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:02 → 17:18 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:02 → 19:18 | 23:14 | 0 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:02 → 20:18 | 23:20 | 0 min | 23:20 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 01:02 → 21:18 | 23:29 | 0 min | 23:30 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| London | 05:02 → 01:18 | 23:24 | 48 min | 23:24 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Durban | 06:32 → 02:48 | 22:49 | 48 min | 22:49 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Dubai | 08:43 → 04:59 | 23:23 | 48 min | 23:23 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Delhi | 10:23 → 06:39 | 23:35 | 48 min | 23:36 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Kolkata | 10:23 → 06:39 | 22:51 | 48 min | 22:51 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Singapore | 11:57 → 08:13 | 23:23 | 48 min | 23:23 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Sydney | 15:02 → 11:18 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Suva | 16:57 → 13:13 | 23:24 | 48 min | 23:24 | 0 min | 25 Nov |