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Ruling · 2009 · Doha

Rāsayātrā

Sunday 1 November2009 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 19 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.

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The two nights निशीथ

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Sunday 1 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 22:54  23:42 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 23:23:04
22:0622:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:30

19 of 48 minutes covered, the last 19

Night of Monday 2 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 22:54  23:42 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 22:13:54
22:0622:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 23:23 on Sun 1 Nov to 22:14 on Mon 2 Nov.

    2009-11-01T20:23:04Z → 2009-11-02T19:13:55Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 22:54–23:42 on the 1st, 22:54–23:42 on the 2nd.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 19 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

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

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 1114 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Doha, 2009: Sunday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Rāsayātrā 2009 falls on Sunday 1 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:23 on Sun 1 Nov to 22:14 on Mon 2 Nov and covers 19 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2009/rasayatrapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlacePūrṇimāNiśītha 1stCoveredNiśītha 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:23 → 11:1423:1348 min23:130 min1 Nov
Chicago14:23 → 13:1423:1148 min23:110 min1 Nov
Jersey City15:23 → 14:1423:1648 min23:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain16:23 → 15:1423:2648 min23:260 min1 Nov
London20:23 → 19:1423:2148 min23:210 min1 Nov
Durban22:23 → 21:1423:1548 min23:150 min1 Nov
Dubai00:23 → 23:1423:393 min23:390 min1 Nov
Delhi01:53 → 00:4423:410 min23:4148 min2 Nov
Kolkata01:53 → 00:4422:560 min22:5648 min2 Nov
Singapore04:23 → 03:1400:240 min00:2448 min2 Nov
Sydney07:23 → 06:1400:150 min00:1548 min2 Nov
Suva08:23 → 07:1423:260 min23:2648 min2 Nov
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rasayatra@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s