Night of Thursday 18 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
niśītha begins 00:05 00:53 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:05:57
23:1723:4100:0500:2900:5301:1701:41
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1926
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 30 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 18 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 19 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:06 on Fri 19 Nov to 21:51 on Fri 19 Nov.
1926-11-18T18:35:57Z → 1926-11-19T16:20:57Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:05–00:53 on the 18th, 00:06–00:54 on the 19th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.
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 30 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Multan, 1926: Thursday 18 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Rāsayātrā 1926 falls on Thursday 18 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:06 on Fri 19 Nov to 21:51 on Fri 19 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 0 min 30 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 18 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 18 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 18 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 18th | Covered | Niśītha 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:36 → 08:21 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Chicago | 12:36 → 10:21 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Jersey City | 13:36 → 11:21 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 14:36 → 12:21 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:28 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| London | 18:36 → 16:21 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Durban | 20:36 → 18:21 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Dubai | 22:36 → 20:21 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Delhi | 00:06 → 21:51 | 23:42 | 24 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Kolkata | 00:06 → 21:51 | 22:58 | 0 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Singapore | 01:36 → 23:21 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:36 → 02:21 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Suva | 06:36 → 04:21 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:28 | 48 min | 19 Nov |