Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1944

Monday 30 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 93 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 30 October

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 01:04  01:52 niśītha ends
00:1600:4001:0401:2801:5202:1602:40

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 31 October

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 01:04  01:52 niśītha ends
00:1600:4001:0401:2801:5202:1602:40

0 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 23:31 on Mon 30 Oct to 20:05 on Tue 31 Oct.

    1944-10-30T17:01:17Z → 1944-10-31T13:35:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 01:04–01:52 on the 30th, 01:04–01:52 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 5564 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Multan, 1944: Monday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rāsayātrā 1944 falls on Monday 30 October. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:31 on Mon 30 Oct to 20:05 on Tue 31 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1944/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 30 Oct
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 30thCoveredNiśītha 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:01 → 06:3500:1348 min00:130 min30 Oct
Chicago12:01 → 08:3500:1148 min00:110 min30 Oct
Jersey City13:01 → 09:3500:1648 min00:160 min30 Oct
Port of Spain14:01 → 10:3500:2648 min00:260 min30 Oct
London18:01 → 14:3500:2148 min00:210 min30 Oct
Durban19:01 → 15:3523:1548 min23:150 min30 Oct
Dubai21:01 → 17:3523:3948 min23:390 min30 Oct
Delhi23:31 → 20:0500:4148 min00:410 min30 Oct
Kolkata23:31 → 20:0523:5648 min23:560 min30 Oct
Singapore02:01 → 22:3501:2411 min01:240 min30 Oct
Sydney03:01 → 23:3523:150 min23:1521 min31 Oct
Suva05:01 → 01:3523:260 min23:2648 min31 Oct
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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