Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2053

Tuesday 25 November

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 33 s.

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 Monday 24 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

Night of Tuesday 25 November

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

niśītha begins 23:30  00:18 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 23:21:46
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 02:03 on Tue 25 Nov to 23:22 on Tue 25 Nov.

    2053-11-25T01:02:31Z → 2053-11-25T22:21:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:30–00:18 on the 24th, 23:30–00:18 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 513 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Luanda, 2053: Tuesday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Rāsayātrā 2053 falls on Tuesday 25 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:03 on Tue 25 Nov to 23:22 on Tue 25 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/2053/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 25 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 25thCoveredNiśītha 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:03 → 14:2223:170 min23:170 min24 Nov
Chicago19:03 → 16:2223:140 min23:150 min24 Nov
Jersey City20:03 → 17:2223:200 min23:200 min24 Nov
Port of Spain21:03 → 18:2223:290 min23:300 min24 Nov
London01:03 → 22:2223:240 min23:250 min25 Nov
Durban03:03 → 00:2223:1948 min23:190 min25 Nov
Dubai05:03 → 02:2223:4248 min23:420 min25 Nov
Delhi06:33 → 03:5223:4448 min23:450 min25 Nov
Kolkata06:33 → 03:5223:0048 min23:000 min25 Nov
Singapore09:03 → 06:2200:2848 min00:280 min25 Nov
Sydney12:03 → 09:2200:1848 min00:190 min25 Nov
Suva13:03 → 10:2223:2948 min23:300 min25 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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