Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2003

Saturday 8 November

Determinatein Linyi, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 389 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 7 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:27  00:15 niśītha ends
22:3923:0323:2723:5100:1500:3901:03

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 8 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:27  00:15 niśītha ends
22:3923:0323:2723:5100:1500:3901:03

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 06:44 on Sat 8 Nov to 09:13 on Sun 9 Nov.

    2003-11-07T22:43:50Z → 2003-11-09T01:13:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:27–00:15 on the 7th, 23:27–00:15 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 23356 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Linyi, 2003: Saturday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Linyi, Rāsayātrā 2003 falls on Saturday 8 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:44 on Sat 8 Nov to 09:13 on Sun 9 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/linyi/festivals/2003/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 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 7thCoveredNiśītha 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:44 → 17:1323:1348 min23:130 min7 Nov
Chicago16:44 → 19:1323:1148 min23:110 min7 Nov
Jersey City17:44 → 20:1323:1648 min23:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain18:44 → 21:1323:2648 min23:260 min7 Nov
London22:44 → 01:1323:2148 min23:210 min8 Nov
Durban00:44 → 03:1323:150 min23:160 min8 Nov
Dubai02:44 → 05:1323:390 min23:390 min8 Nov
Delhi04:14 → 06:4323:410 min23:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata04:14 → 06:4322:560 min22:570 min8 Nov
Singapore06:44 → 09:1300:240 min00:240 min8 Nov
Sydney09:44 → 12:1300:150 min00:150 min8 Nov
Suva10:44 → 13:1323:260 min23:260 min8 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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