Night of Wednesday 17 November
Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:43 00:31 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:30:44
22:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:5501:19
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2021
Boundaryin Houston, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 02 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 17 November
Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 18 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:31 on Thu 18 Nov to 02:57 on Fri 19 Nov.
2021-11-18T06:30:44Z → 2021-11-19T08:57:28Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:43–00:31 on the 17th, 23:43–00:31 on the 18th.
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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.
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 2 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Houston, 2021: Thursday 18 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Houston, Rāsayātrā 2021 falls on Thursday 18 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:31 on Thu 18 Nov to 02:57 on Fri 19 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 0 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 0 min 02 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 18 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 18 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 18 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Houston. | ||
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 18th | Covered | Niśītha 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:31 → 00:57 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Chicago | 00:31 → 02:57 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Jersey City | 01:31 → 03:57 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 02:31 → 04:57 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:28 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| London | 06:31 → 08:57 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Durban | 08:31 → 10:57 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Dubai | 10:31 → 12:57 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Delhi | 12:01 → 14:27 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Kolkata | 12:01 → 14:27 | 22:58 | 48 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Singapore | 14:31 → 16:57 | 00:26 | 48 min | 00:26 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Sydney | 17:31 → 19:57 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Suva | 18:31 → 20:57 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:28 | 0 min | 18 Nov |