Night of Friday 4 November
Qualifies with 43 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:04 00:52 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:08:46
23:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:1601:40
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1949
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 52 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 4 November
Qualifies with 43 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Night of Saturday 5 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:09 on Sat 5 Nov to 02:39 on Sun 6 Nov.
1949-11-04T18:38:47Z → 1949-11-05T21:09:00Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:04–00:52 on the 4th, 00:04–00:52 on the 5th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 43 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 292 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Multan, 1949: Saturday 5 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Rāsayātrā 1949 falls on Saturday 5 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:09 on Sat 5 Nov to 02:39 on Sun 6 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 43 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 4 min 52 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 5 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 5 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 5 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 4th | Covered | Niśītha 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:39 → 13:09 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Chicago | 12:39 → 15:09 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Jersey City | 13:39 → 16:09 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 14:39 → 17:09 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| London | 18:39 → 21:09 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Durban | 20:39 → 23:09 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 22:39 → 01:09 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Delhi | 00:09 → 02:39 | 23:41 | 20 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Kolkata | 00:09 → 02:39 | 22:56 | 0 min | 22:56 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Singapore | 02:09 → 04:39 | 23:54 | 0 min | 23:54 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:39 → 07:09 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Suva | 06:39 → 09:09 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 5 Nov |