Night of Friday 9 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:40 01:28 niśītha ends
23:5200:1600:4001:0401:2801:5202:16
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1973
Boundaryin Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 11 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 9 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 10 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the first 47
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 04:05 on Sat 10 Nov to 01:27 on Sun 11 Nov.
1973-11-09T17:04:49Z → 1973-11-10T14:26:42Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:40–01:28 on the 9th, 00:40–01:28 on the 10th.
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 9th and 47 of 48 on the 10th.
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 71 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Melbourne, 1973: Saturday 10 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Melbourne, Rāsayātrā 1973 falls on Saturday 10 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:05 on Sat 10 Nov to 01:27 on Sun 11 Nov and covers 47 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 1 min 11 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 10 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 10 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 10 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Melbourne. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Niśītha 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:05 → 06:27 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Chicago | 11:05 → 08:27 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Jersey City | 12:05 → 09:27 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 13:05 → 10:27 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| London | 17:05 → 14:27 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Durban | 19:05 → 16:27 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:05 → 18:27 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:35 → 19:57 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:35 → 19:57 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 00:35 → 21:57 | 23:54 | 8 min | 23:55 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:05 → 01:27 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 10 Nov |
| Suva | 05:05 → 02:27 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 10 Nov |