Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1960

Wednesday 2 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 182 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

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

Night of Wednesday 2 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 3 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 19:54 on Wed 2 Nov to 19:58 on Thu 3 Nov.

    1960-11-02T11:54:09Z → 1960-11-03T11:57:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 2nd, 23:00–23:48 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 10948 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Daqing, 1960: Wednesday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rāsayātrā 1960 falls on Wednesday 2 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:54 on Wed 2 Nov to 19:58 on Thu 3 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1960/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 2ndCoveredNiśītha 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:54 → 03:5823:1348 min23:130 min2 Nov
Chicago05:54 → 05:5823:1148 min23:110 min2 Nov
Jersey City06:54 → 06:5823:1648 min23:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain07:54 → 07:5823:2648 min23:260 min2 Nov
London11:54 → 11:5823:2148 min23:210 min2 Nov
Durban13:54 → 13:5823:1548 min23:150 min2 Nov
Dubai15:54 → 15:5823:3948 min23:390 min2 Nov
Delhi17:24 → 17:2823:4148 min23:410 min2 Nov
Kolkata17:24 → 17:2822:5648 min22:560 min2 Nov
Singapore19:24 → 19:2823:5448 min23:540 min2 Nov
Sydney21:54 → 21:5823:1548 min23:150 min2 Nov
Suva23:54 → 23:5823:2620 min23:2632 min3 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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