Night of Friday 10 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:24 00:12 niśītha ends
22:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:3601:00
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2000
Boundaryin Erbil, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 17 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 10 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 11 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 02:08 on Sat 11 Nov to 00:15 on Sun 12 Nov.
2000-11-10T23:07:39Z → 2000-11-11T21:14:37Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:24–00:12 on the 10th, 23:24–00:12 on the 11th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 137 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Erbil, 2000: Saturday 11 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Erbil, Rāsayātrā 2000 falls on Saturday 11 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:08 on Sat 11 Nov to 00:15 on Sun 12 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 2 min 17 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 11 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 11 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 11 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Erbil. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rasayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Niśītha 10th | Covered | Niśītha 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:08 → 13:15 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Chicago | 17:08 → 15:15 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Jersey City | 18:08 → 16:15 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 19:08 → 17:15 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| London | 23:08 → 21:15 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Durban | 01:08 → 23:15 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Dubai | 03:08 → 01:15 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 48 min | 11 Nov |
| Delhi | 04:38 → 02:45 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 11 Nov |
| Kolkata | 04:38 → 02:45 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:57 | 48 min | 11 Nov |
| Singapore | 07:08 → 05:15 | 00:25 | 0 min | 00:25 | 48 min | 11 Nov |
| Sydney | 10:08 → 08:15 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 11 Nov |
| Suva | 11:08 → 09:15 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 11 Nov |