Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1905

Saturday 11 November

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 04 s.

Decide it for

12°03′ S 77°02′ W · America/Lima · GeoNames 3936456

The two nights

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

Night of Friday 10 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 11 November

Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.

niśītha begins 23:19  00:07 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 00:02:32
22:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:55

43 of 48 minutes covered, the first 43

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 21:37 on Fri 10 Nov to 00:02 on Sun 12 Nov.

    1905-11-11T02:46:12Z → 1905-11-12T05:11:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:19–00:07 on the 10th, 23:19–00:07 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 43 of 48 on the 11th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 304 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Lima, 1905: Saturday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Rāsayātrā 1905 falls on Saturday 11 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:37 on Fri 10 Nov to 00:02 on Sun 12 Nov and covers 43 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1905/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 11thCoveredNiśītha 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:46 → 21:1123:130 min23:140 min10 Nov
Chicago20:46 → 23:1123:110 min23:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City21:46 → 00:1123:1748 min23:170 min11 Nov
Port of Spain22:46 → 01:1123:2648 min23:260 min11 Nov
London02:46 → 05:1123:2148 min23:210 min11 Nov
Durban04:46 → 07:1123:1648 min23:160 min11 Nov
Dubai06:27 → 08:5223:2048 min23:200 min11 Nov
Delhi08:07 → 10:3223:3248 min23:320 min11 Nov
Kolkata08:07 → 10:3222:4848 min22:480 min11 Nov
Singapore09:46 → 12:1123:2548 min23:250 min11 Nov
Sydney12:46 → 15:1123:1548 min23:150 min11 Nov
Suva14:41 → 17:0623:2148 min23:210 min11 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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