Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2082

Thursday 5 November

Determinatein Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.

Decide it for

37°49′ S 144°58′ E · Australia/Melbourne · GeoNames 2158177

The two nights

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

Night of Wednesday 4 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:40  01:28 niśītha ends
23:5200:1600:4001:0401:2801:5202:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 5 November

Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.

niśītha begins 00:40  01:28 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 01:39:45
23:5200:1600:4001:0401:2801:5202:16

48 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 23:11 on Wed 4 Nov to 01:40 on Fri 6 Nov.

    2082-11-04T12:11:04Z → 2082-11-05T14:39:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:40–01:28 on the 4th, 00:40–01:28 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 722 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Melbourne, 2082: Thursday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Melbourne, Rāsayātrā 2082 falls on Thursday 5 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:11 on Wed 4 Nov to 01:40 on Fri 6 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.

ahargana.org/melbourne/festivals/2082/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāNiśītha 4thCoveredNiśītha 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:11 → 06:4023:1348 min23:130 min4 Nov
Chicago06:11 → 08:4023:1148 min23:110 min4 Nov
Jersey City07:11 → 09:4023:1648 min23:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain08:11 → 10:4023:2648 min23:260 min4 Nov
London12:11 → 14:4023:2148 min23:210 min4 Nov
Durban14:11 → 16:4023:1548 min23:160 min4 Nov
Dubai16:11 → 18:4023:3948 min23:390 min4 Nov
Delhi17:41 → 20:1023:4148 min23:410 min4 Nov
Kolkata17:41 → 20:1022:5648 min22:560 min4 Nov
Singapore20:11 → 22:4000:2448 min00:240 min4 Nov
Sydney23:11 → 01:4000:1548 min00:1548 min5 Nov
Suva00:11 → 02:4023:263 min23:2648 min5 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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