Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1941

Monday 3 November

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 256 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 Sunday 2 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 3 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

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 05:08 on Mon 3 Nov to 07:30 on Tue 4 Nov.

    1941-11-02T23:37:43Z → 1941-11-04T01:59:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:04–00:52 on the 2nd, 00:04–00:52 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 15347 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Multan, 1941: Monday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rāsayātrā 1941 falls on Monday 3 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:08 on Mon 3 Nov to 07:30 on Tue 4 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1941/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 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 2ndCoveredNiśītha 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:38 → 18:0023:1348 min23:130 min2 Nov
Chicago17:38 → 20:0023:1148 min23:110 min2 Nov
Jersey City18:38 → 21:0023:1648 min23:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain19:38 → 22:0023:2648 min23:260 min2 Nov
London00:38 → 03:0000:2131 min00:210 min3 Nov
Durban01:38 → 04:0023:150 min23:150 min3 Nov
Dubai03:38 → 06:0023:390 min23:390 min3 Nov
Delhi06:08 → 08:3000:410 min00:410 min3 Nov
Kolkata06:08 → 08:3023:560 min23:560 min3 Nov
Singapore07:08 → 09:3023:540 min23:540 min3 Nov
Sydney09:38 → 12:0023:150 min23:150 min3 Nov
Suva11:38 → 14:0023:260 min23:260 min3 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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