Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1954

Wednesday 10 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 31 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Tuesday 9 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:00  23:48 niśītha ends
22:1222:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 10 November

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.

niśītha begins 23:00  23:48 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 22:29:04
22:1222:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:36

0 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 02:23 on Wed 10 Nov to 22:29 on Wed 10 Nov.

    1954-11-09T18:22:46Z → 1954-11-10T14:29:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 9th, 23:00–23:48 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 1877 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Daqing, 1954: Wednesday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rāsayātrā 1954 falls on Wednesday 10 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:23 on Wed 10 Nov to 22:29 on Wed 10 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1954/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 9thCoveredNiśītha 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:23 → 06:2923:1348 min23:130 min9 Nov
Chicago12:23 → 08:2923:1148 min23:110 min9 Nov
Jersey City13:23 → 09:2923:1748 min23:170 min9 Nov
Port of Spain14:23 → 10:2923:2648 min23:260 min9 Nov
London18:23 → 14:2923:2148 min23:210 min9 Nov
Durban20:23 → 16:2923:1648 min23:160 min9 Nov
Dubai22:23 → 18:2923:3948 min23:390 min9 Nov
Delhi23:53 → 19:5923:4136 min23:410 min9 Nov
Kolkata23:53 → 19:5922:570 min22:570 min10 Nov
Singapore01:53 → 21:5923:540 min23:550 min10 Nov
Sydney04:23 → 00:2923:150 min23:1548 min10 Nov
Suva06:23 → 02:2923:260 min23:2648 min10 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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