Night of Monday 17 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:28 00:16 niśītha ends
22:4023:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:04
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1975
Boundaryin Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 02 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 17 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 18 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 22:05 on Mon 17 Nov to 23:28 on Tue 18 Nov.
1975-11-17T21:04:39Z → 1975-11-18T22:28:15Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:28–00:16 on the 17th, 23:28–00:16 on the 18th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 2 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Luanda, 1975: Tuesday 18 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Luanda, Rāsayātrā 1975 falls on Tuesday 18 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:05 on Mon 17 Nov to 23:28 on Tue 18 Nov and covers 0 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 0 min 02 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 18 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 18 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 17 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 17th | Covered | Niśītha 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:05 → 14:28 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Chicago | 15:05 → 16:28 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Jersey City | 16:05 → 17:28 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 17:05 → 18:28 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| London | 21:05 → 22:28 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Durban | 23:05 → 00:28 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 48 min | 18 Nov |
| Dubai | 01:05 → 02:28 | 23:40 | 0 min | 23:40 | 48 min | 18 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:35 → 03:58 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 18 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:35 → 03:58 | 22:58 | 0 min | 22:58 | 48 min | 18 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:35 → 05:58 | 23:56 | 0 min | 23:56 | 48 min | 18 Nov |
| Sydney | 08:05 → 09:28 | 00:16 | 0 min | 00:16 | 48 min | 18 Nov |
| Suva | 09:05 → 10:28 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 18 Nov |