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Ruling · 1917 · Melbourne

Rāsayātrā

Wednesday 28 November1917 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Determinatemargin 249 min

In Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 249 minutes.

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The two nights निशीथ

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Tuesday 27 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:44  00:32 niśītha ends
22:5623:2023:4400:0800:3200:5601:20

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 28 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:44  00:32 niśītha ends
22:5623:2023:4400:0800:3200:5601:20

48 of 48 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 06:09 on Wed 28 Nov to 04:41 on Thu 29 Nov.

    1917-11-27T20:08:53Z → 1917-11-28T18:41:01Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:44–00:32 on the 27th, 23:44–00:32 on the 28th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 14943 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Melbourne, 1917: Wednesday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Melbourne, Rāsayātrā 1917 falls on Wednesday 28 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:09 on Wed 28 Nov to 04:41 on Thu 29 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/melbourne/festivals/1917/rasayatrapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Melbourne.

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 clocks

PlacePūrṇimāNiśītha 27thCoveredNiśītha 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:09 → 10:4123:1748 min23:170 min27 Nov
Chicago14:09 → 12:4123:1548 min23:150 min27 Nov
Jersey City15:09 → 13:4123:2048 min23:210 min27 Nov
Port of Spain16:09 → 14:4123:3048 min23:300 min27 Nov
London20:09 → 18:4123:2548 min23:250 min27 Nov
Durban22:09 → 20:4123:2048 min23:200 min27 Nov
Dubai23:50 → 22:2223:2422 min23:240 min27 Nov
Delhi01:39 → 00:1123:450 min23:4526 min28 Nov
Kolkata01:39 → 00:1123:000 min23:0148 min28 Nov
Singapore03:09 → 01:4123:280 min23:2948 min28 Nov
Sydney06:09 → 04:4123:190 min23:1948 min28 Nov
Suva08:09 → 06:4123:300 min23:3048 min28 Nov
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rasayatra@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s