Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2057

Saturday 10 November

Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 18 s away. Say “contested”.

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 9 November

Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:28  00:16 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:15:43
22:4023:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:04

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 10 November

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

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

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 00:16 on Sat 10 Nov to 01:25 on Sun 11 Nov.

    2057-11-10T05:15:44Z → 2057-11-11T06:24:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:28–00:16 on the 9th, 23:28–00:16 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 18 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Lima, 2057: Saturday 10 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Lima, Rāsayātrā 2057 falls on Saturday 10 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:16 on Sat 10 Nov to 01:25 on Sun 11 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 0 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 0 min 18 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2057/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 10 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 10thCoveredNiśītha 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:16 → 22:2523:130 min23:130 min9 Nov
Chicago23:16 → 00:2523:1148 min23:110 min10 Nov
Jersey City00:16 → 01:2523:1748 min23:170 min10 Nov
Port of Spain01:16 → 02:2523:2648 min23:260 min10 Nov
London05:16 → 06:2523:2148 min23:210 min10 Nov
Durban07:16 → 08:2523:1648 min23:160 min10 Nov
Dubai09:16 → 10:2523:3948 min23:390 min10 Nov
Delhi10:46 → 11:5523:4148 min23:410 min10 Nov
Kolkata10:46 → 11:5522:5748 min22:570 min10 Nov
Singapore13:16 → 14:2500:2548 min00:250 min10 Nov
Sydney16:16 → 17:2500:1548 min00:150 min10 Nov
Suva17:16 → 18:2523:2648 min23:260 min10 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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