Night of Friday 7 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:30 01:18 niśītha ends
23:4200:0600:3000:5401:1801:4202:06
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2003
Boundaryin Dakar, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 16 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 7 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 8 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 22:44 on Fri 7 Nov to 01:13 on Sun 9 Nov.
2003-11-07T22:43:50Z → 2003-11-09T01:13:22Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:30–01:18 on the 7th, 00:30–01:18 on the 8th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 44 of 48 on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 256 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Dakar, 2003: Saturday 8 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Dakar, Rāsayātrā 2003 falls on Saturday 8 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:44 on Fri 7 Nov to 01:13 on Sun 9 Nov and covers 44 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 4 min 16 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 8 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 8 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 8 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 7th | Covered | Niśītha 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:44 → 17:13 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Chicago | 16:44 → 19:13 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Jersey City | 17:44 → 20:13 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 18:44 → 21:13 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| London | 22:44 → 01:13 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 00:44 → 03:13 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 02:44 → 05:13 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Delhi | 04:14 → 06:43 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Kolkata | 04:14 → 06:43 | 22:56 | 0 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Singapore | 06:44 → 09:13 | 00:24 | 0 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Sydney | 09:44 → 12:13 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Suva | 10:44 → 13:13 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |