Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2020

Sunday 29 November

Determinatein Indore, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 532 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Sunday 29 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:51  00:39 niśītha ends
23:0323:2723:5100:1500:3901:0301:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 30 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:52  00:40 niśītha ends
23:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:0401:28

0 of 48 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 12:48 on Sun 29 Nov to 15:00 on Mon 30 Nov.

    2020-11-29T07:18:05Z → 2020-11-30T09:29:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:51–00:39 on the 29th, 23:52–00:40 on the 30th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 31919 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Indore, 2020: Sunday 29 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Indore, Rāsayātrā 2020 falls on Sunday 29 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:48 on Sun 29 Nov to 15:00 on Mon 30 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/indore/festivals/2020/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Indore.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/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 clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāNiśītha 29thCoveredNiśītha 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:18 → 01:3023:1848 min23:180 min29 Nov
Chicago01:18 → 03:3023:1648 min23:160 min29 Nov
Jersey City02:18 → 04:3023:2148 min23:220 min29 Nov
Port of Spain03:18 → 05:3023:3148 min23:310 min29 Nov
London07:18 → 09:3023:2548 min23:260 min29 Nov
Durban09:18 → 11:3023:2048 min23:210 min29 Nov
Dubai11:18 → 13:3023:4348 min23:440 min29 Nov
Delhi12:48 → 15:0023:4648 min23:460 min29 Nov
Kolkata12:48 → 15:0023:0148 min23:020 min29 Nov
Singapore15:18 → 17:3000:2948 min00:290 min29 Nov
Sydney18:18 → 20:3000:2048 min00:200 min29 Nov
Suva19:18 → 21:3023:3148 min23:310 min29 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rasayatra@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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