Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2064

Sunday 23 November

Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 389 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 Saturday 22 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:50  00:38 niśītha ends
23:0223:2623:5000:1400:3801:0201:26

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 23 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:50  00:38 niśītha ends
23:0223:2623:5000:1400:3801:0201:26

48 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 07:07 on Sun 23 Nov to 08:59 on Mon 24 Nov.

    2064-11-22T23:06:34Z → 2064-11-24T00:58:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:50–00:38 on the 22nd, 23:50–00:38 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 23342 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Datong, 2064: Sunday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Datong, Rāsayātrā 2064 falls on Sunday 23 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:07 on Sun 23 Nov to 08:59 on Mon 24 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/datong/festivals/2064/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Datong.

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 22ndCoveredNiśītha 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:07 → 16:5923:1648 min23:160 min22 Nov
Chicago17:07 → 18:5923:1348 min23:140 min22 Nov
Jersey City18:07 → 19:5923:1948 min23:200 min22 Nov
Port of Spain19:07 → 20:5923:2948 min23:290 min22 Nov
London23:07 → 00:5923:2348 min23:240 min23 Nov
Durban01:07 → 02:5923:180 min23:190 min23 Nov
Dubai03:07 → 04:5923:410 min23:420 min23 Nov
Delhi04:37 → 06:2923:440 min23:440 min23 Nov
Kolkata04:37 → 06:2922:590 min23:000 min23 Nov
Singapore07:07 → 08:5900:270 min00:280 min23 Nov
Sydney10:07 → 11:5900:170 min00:180 min23 Nov
Suva11:07 → 12:5923:290 min23:290 min23 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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