Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1922

Saturday 4 November

Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 15 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Friday 3 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:04  00:52 niśītha ends
23:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:1601:40

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 4 November

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

niśītha begins 00:04  00:52 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 00:06:11
23:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:1601:40

2 of 48 minutes covered, the first 2

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 22:08 on Fri 3 Nov to 00:06 on Sun 5 Nov.

    1922-11-03T16:37:37Z → 1922-11-04T18:36:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:04–00:52 on the 3rd, 00:04–00:52 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 2 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 135 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Multan, 1922: Saturday 4 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Multan, Rāsayātrā 1922 falls on Saturday 4 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:08 on Fri 3 Nov to 00:06 on Sun 5 Nov and covers 2 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 2 min 15 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1922/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 4 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 3rdCoveredNiśītha 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:38 → 10:3623:1348 min23:130 min3 Nov
Chicago10:38 → 12:3623:1148 min23:110 min3 Nov
Jersey City11:38 → 13:3623:1648 min23:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain12:38 → 14:3623:2648 min23:260 min3 Nov
London16:38 → 18:3623:2148 min23:210 min3 Nov
Durban18:38 → 20:3623:1548 min23:150 min3 Nov
Dubai20:38 → 22:3623:3948 min23:390 min3 Nov
Delhi22:08 → 00:0623:4148 min23:4125 min4 Nov
Kolkata22:08 → 00:0622:5648 min22:5648 min4 Nov
Singapore23:38 → 01:3623:2435 min23:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney02:38 → 04:3623:150 min23:1548 min4 Nov
Suva04:38 → 06:3623:260 min23:2648 min4 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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