Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1949

Friday 4 November

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 439 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 4 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:28  00:16 niśītha ends
22:4023:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:04

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 5 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:28  00:16 niśītha ends
22:4023:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:04

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 13:39 on Fri 4 Nov to 16:09 on Sat 5 Nov.

    1949-11-04T18:38:47Z → 1949-11-05T21:09:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:28–00:16 on the 4th, 23:28–00:16 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 26322 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Lima, 1949: Friday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Rāsayātrā 1949 falls on Friday 4 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:39 on Fri 4 Nov to 16:09 on Sat 5 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1949/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 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 4thCoveredNiśītha 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:39 → 13:0923:1348 min23:130 min4 Nov
Chicago12:39 → 15:0923:1148 min23:110 min4 Nov
Jersey City13:39 → 16:0923:1648 min23:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain14:39 → 17:0923:2648 min23:260 min4 Nov
London18:39 → 21:0923:2148 min23:210 min4 Nov
Durban20:39 → 23:0923:1548 min23:150 min4 Nov
Dubai22:39 → 01:0923:3948 min23:3948 min5 Nov
Delhi00:09 → 02:3923:4120 min23:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata00:09 → 02:3922:560 min22:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore02:09 → 04:3923:540 min23:5448 min5 Nov
Sydney04:39 → 07:0923:150 min23:1548 min5 Nov
Suva06:39 → 09:0923:260 min23:2648 min5 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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