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Ruling · 2024 · Doha

Rāsayātrā

Friday 15 November2024 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 46 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 46 minutes.

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The two nights निशीथ

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Thursday 14 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 22:55  23:43 niśītha ends
22:0722:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 15 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 22:55  23:43 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 00:28:30
22:0722:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:31

48 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 03:50 on Fri 15 Nov to 00:29 on Sat 16 Nov.

    2024-11-15T00:49:34Z → 2024-11-15T21:28:31Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 22:55–23:43 on the 14th, 22:55–23:43 on the 15th.

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

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 2747 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Doha, 2024: Friday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Rāsayātrā 2024 falls on Friday 15 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:50 on Fri 15 Nov to 00:29 on Sat 16 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2024/rasayatrapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 15 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 15thCoveredNiśītha 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:50 → 13:2923:140 min23:140 min14 Nov
Chicago18:50 → 15:2923:120 min23:120 min14 Nov
Jersey City19:50 → 16:2923:170 min23:180 min14 Nov
Port of Spain20:50 → 17:2923:270 min23:270 min14 Nov
London00:50 → 21:2923:220 min23:220 min15 Nov
Durban02:50 → 23:2923:1612 min23:170 min15 Nov
Dubai04:50 → 01:2923:4048 min23:400 min15 Nov
Delhi06:20 → 02:5923:4248 min23:420 min15 Nov
Kolkata06:20 → 02:5922:5748 min22:580 min15 Nov
Singapore08:50 → 05:2900:2548 min00:250 min15 Nov
Sydney11:50 → 08:2900:1648 min00:160 min15 Nov
Suva12:50 → 09:2923:2748 min23:270 min15 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