Night of Friday 23 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:42 01:30 niśītha ends
23:5400:1800:4201:0601:3001:5402:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2007
Boundaryin Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 46 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 23 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 24 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the first 47
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:22 on Sat 24 Nov to 01:30 on Sun 25 Nov.
2007-11-23T18:22:23Z → 2007-11-24T14:29:50Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:42–01:30 on the 23rd, 00:43–01:31 on the 24th.
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 23rd and 47 of 48 on the 24th.
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 46 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Melbourne, 2007: Saturday 24 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Melbourne, Rāsayātrā 2007 falls on Saturday 24 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:22 on Sat 24 Nov to 01:30 on Sun 25 Nov and covers 47 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 0 min 46 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 24 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 24 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 24 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 23rd | Covered | Niśītha 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:22 → 06:30 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Chicago | 12:22 → 08:30 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Jersey City | 13:22 → 09:30 | 23:19 | 48 min | 23:19 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 14:22 → 10:30 | 23:29 | 48 min | 23:29 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| London | 18:22 → 14:30 | 23:23 | 48 min | 23:24 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Durban | 20:22 → 16:30 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Dubai | 22:22 → 18:30 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Delhi | 23:52 → 20:00 | 23:44 | 39 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Kolkata | 23:52 → 20:00 | 22:59 | 0 min | 22:59 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Singapore | 02:22 → 22:30 | 00:27 | 0 min | 00:27 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Sydney | 05:22 → 01:30 | 00:17 | 0 min | 00:18 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Suva | 06:22 → 02:30 | 23:29 | 0 min | 23:29 | 48 min | 24 Nov |