Night of Thursday 29 November
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:29 00:17 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:15:06
22:4123:0523:2923:5300:1700:4101:05
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2001
Boundaryin Erbil, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 30 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 29 November
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Night of Friday 30 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
20 of 48 minutes covered, the first 20
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:15 on Fri 30 Nov to 23:49 on Fri 30 Nov.
2001-11-29T21:15:07Z → 2001-11-30T20:49:03Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:29–00:17 on the 29th, 23:29–00:17 on the 30th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 20 of 48 on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 90 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Erbil, 2001: Friday 30 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Erbil, Rāsayātrā 2001 falls on Friday 30 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:15 on Fri 30 Nov to 23:49 on Fri 30 Nov and covers 20 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 2 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 1 min 30 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 30 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 30 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 30 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 29th | Covered | Niśītha 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:15 → 12:49 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Chicago | 15:15 → 14:49 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Jersey City | 16:15 → 15:49 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 17:15 → 16:49 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| London | 21:15 → 20:49 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Durban | 23:15 → 22:49 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Dubai | 01:15 → 00:49 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:44 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:45 → 02:19 | 23:46 | 0 min | 23:46 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:45 → 02:19 | 23:01 | 0 min | 23:01 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Singapore | 05:15 → 04:49 | 00:29 | 0 min | 00:29 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Sydney | 08:15 → 07:49 | 00:19 | 0 min | 00:20 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Suva | 09:15 → 08:49 | 23:31 | 0 min | 23:31 | 48 min | 30 Nov |