Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1985

Tuesday 26 November

Determinatein Linyi, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 169 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 Tuesday 26 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:30  00:18 niśītha ends
22:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:06

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 27 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:30  00:18 niśītha ends
22:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:06

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 18:05 on Tue 26 Nov to 20:42 on Wed 27 Nov.

    1985-11-26T10:05:04Z → 1985-11-27T12:41:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:30–00:18 on the 26th, 23:30–00:18 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 10126 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Linyi, 1985: Tuesday 26 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Linyi, Rāsayātrā 1985 falls on Tuesday 26 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:05 on Tue 26 Nov to 20:42 on Wed 27 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/linyi/festivals/1985/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Linyi.

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 26thCoveredNiśītha 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:05 → 04:4223:1748 min23:170 min26 Nov
Chicago04:05 → 06:4223:1448 min23:150 min26 Nov
Jersey City05:05 → 07:4223:2048 min23:200 min26 Nov
Port of Spain06:05 → 08:4223:3048 min23:300 min26 Nov
London10:05 → 12:4223:2448 min23:250 min26 Nov
Durban12:05 → 14:4223:1948 min23:200 min26 Nov
Dubai14:05 → 16:4223:4248 min23:430 min26 Nov
Delhi15:35 → 18:1223:4548 min23:450 min26 Nov
Kolkata15:35 → 18:1223:0048 min23:000 min26 Nov
Singapore18:05 → 20:4200:2848 min00:280 min26 Nov
Sydney21:05 → 23:4200:1848 min00:190 min26 Nov
Suva22:05 → 00:4223:3048 min23:3048 min27 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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