Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2052

Wednesday 6 November

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 78 minutes.

Decide it for

8°50′ S 13°14′ E · Africa/Luanda · GeoNames 2240449

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Tuesday 5 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 Wednesday 6 November

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.

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

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 01:34 on Wed 6 Nov to 22:09 on Wed 6 Nov.

    2052-11-06T00:33:30Z → 2052-11-06T21:09:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:27–00:15 on the 5th, 23:27–00:15 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 4661 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Luanda, 2052: Wednesday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Rāsayātrā 2052 falls on Wednesday 6 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:34 on Wed 6 Nov to 22:09 on Wed 6 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/2052/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda.

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 6thCoveredNiśītha 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:34 → 13:0923:130 min23:130 min5 Nov
Chicago18:34 → 15:0923:110 min23:110 min5 Nov
Jersey City19:34 → 16:0923:160 min23:160 min5 Nov
Port of Spain20:34 → 17:0923:260 min23:260 min5 Nov
London00:34 → 21:0923:210 min23:210 min6 Nov
Durban02:34 → 23:0923:150 min23:160 min6 Nov
Dubai04:34 → 01:0923:3948 min23:390 min6 Nov
Delhi06:04 → 02:3923:4148 min23:410 min6 Nov
Kolkata06:04 → 02:3922:5648 min22:560 min6 Nov
Singapore08:34 → 05:0900:2448 min00:240 min6 Nov
Sydney11:34 → 08:0900:1548 min00:150 min6 Nov
Suva12:34 → 09:0923:2648 min23:260 min6 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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