Night of Sunday 5 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
niśītha begins 23:46 00:34 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 23:46:15
22:5823:2223:4600:1000:3400:5801:22
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1911
Boundaryin Indore, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 14 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 5 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 6 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:46 on Sun 5 Nov to 21:18 on Mon 6 Nov.
1911-11-05T18:16:15Z → 1911-11-06T15:47:55Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:46–00:34 on the 5th, 23:47–00:35 on the 6th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.
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 14 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Indore, 1911: Sunday 5 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Indore, Rāsayātrā 1911 falls on Sunday 5 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:46 on Sun 5 Nov to 21:18 on Mon 6 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 0 min 14 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 5 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Indore. | ||
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 5th | Covered | Niśītha 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:16 → 07:48 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Chicago | 12:16 → 09:48 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Jersey City | 13:16 → 10:48 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 14:16 → 11:48 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| London | 18:16 → 15:48 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Durban | 20:16 → 17:48 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:57 → 19:29 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:20 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Delhi | 23:46 → 21:18 | 23:41 | 43 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Kolkata | 23:46 → 21:18 | 22:56 | 0 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Singapore | 01:16 → 22:48 | 23:24 | 0 min | 23:24 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:16 → 01:48 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Suva | 06:11 → 03:43 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:21 | 48 min | 6 Nov |