Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1963

Saturday 30 November

Determinatein Jiading, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 466 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 Friday 29 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:19  00:07 niśītha ends
22:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:55

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 30 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:20  00:08 niśītha ends
22:3222:5623:2023:4400:0800:3200:56

48 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 11:43 on Sat 30 Nov to 07:54 on Sun 1 Dec.

    1963-11-30T03:42:35Z → 1963-11-30T23:54:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:19–00:07 on the 29th, 23:20–00:08 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 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 27979 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Jiading, 1963: Saturday 30 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Jiading, Rāsayātrā 1963 falls on Saturday 30 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:43 on Sat 30 Nov to 07:54 on Sun 1 Dec and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/jiading/festivals/1963/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 30 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 30 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 30 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Jiading.

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 30thCoveredNiśītha 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:43 → 15:5423:180 min23:180 min29 Nov
Chicago21:43 → 17:5423:160 min23:160 min29 Nov
Jersey City22:43 → 18:5423:210 min23:220 min29 Nov
Port of Spain23:43 → 19:5423:310 min23:310 min29 Nov
London03:43 → 23:5423:2629 min23:260 min30 Nov
Durban05:43 → 01:5423:2048 min23:210 min30 Nov
Dubai07:43 → 03:5423:4348 min23:440 min30 Nov
Delhi09:13 → 05:2423:4648 min23:460 min30 Nov
Kolkata09:13 → 05:2423:0148 min23:020 min30 Nov
Singapore11:13 → 07:2423:5948 min00:000 min30 Nov
Sydney13:43 → 09:5423:2048 min23:200 min30 Nov
Suva15:43 → 11:5423:3148 min23:310 min30 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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