Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2005

Tuesday 15 November

Determinatein Mosul, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 221 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

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

Night of Monday 14 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:28  00:16 niśītha ends
22:4023:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:04

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 15 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:28  00:16 niśītha ends
22:4023:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:04

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 04:57 on Tue 15 Nov to 03:58 on Wed 16 Nov.

    2005-11-15T01:56:54Z → 2005-11-16T00:57:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:28–00:16 on the 14th, 23:28–00:16 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 13265 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Mosul, 2005: Tuesday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Mosul, Rāsayātrā 2005 falls on Tuesday 15 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:57 on Tue 15 Nov to 03:58 on Wed 16 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/mosul/festivals/2005/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Mosul.

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 15thCoveredNiśītha 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:57 → 16:5823:140 min23:140 min14 Nov
Chicago19:57 → 18:5823:120 min23:120 min14 Nov
Jersey City20:57 → 19:5823:170 min23:180 min14 Nov
Port of Spain21:57 → 20:5823:270 min23:270 min14 Nov
London01:57 → 00:5823:2248 min23:220 min15 Nov
Durban03:57 → 02:5823:1648 min23:170 min15 Nov
Dubai05:57 → 04:5823:4048 min23:400 min15 Nov
Delhi07:27 → 06:2823:4248 min23:420 min15 Nov
Kolkata07:27 → 06:2822:5748 min22:580 min15 Nov
Singapore09:57 → 08:5800:2548 min00:250 min15 Nov
Sydney12:57 → 11:5800:1648 min00:160 min15 Nov
Suva13:57 → 12:5823:2748 min23:270 min15 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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