Night of Friday 31 October
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
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1952
Boundaryin Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 55 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 31 October
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 1 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the first 43
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 02:08 on Sat 1 Nov to 00:10 on Sun 2 Nov.
1952-11-01T01:08:13Z → 1952-11-01T23:09:43Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:27–00:15 on the 31st, 23:27–00:15 on the 1st.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 43 of 48 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 295 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Luanda, 1952: Saturday 1 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Luanda, Rāsayātrā 1952 falls on Saturday 1 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:08 on Sat 1 Nov to 00:10 on Sun 2 Nov and covers 43 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 4 min 55 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 1 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 1 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 1 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rasayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Niśītha 1st | Covered | Niśītha 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:08 → 15:10 | 23:13 | 0 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 19:08 → 17:10 | 23:11 | 0 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 20:08 → 18:10 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 21:08 → 19:10 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| London | 01:08 → 23:10 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Durban | 03:08 → 01:10 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:08 → 03:10 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:38 → 04:40 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:38 → 04:40 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Singapore | 08:38 → 06:40 | 23:54 | 48 min | 23:54 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Sydney | 11:08 → 09:10 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Suva | 13:08 → 11:10 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 1 Nov |