Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1996

Sunday 24 November

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 525 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 Saturday 23 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:37  00:25 niśītha ends
22:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:4901:13

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 24 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:37  00:25 niśītha ends
22:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:4901:13

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 09:23 on Sun 24 Nov to 09:10 on Mon 25 Nov.

    1996-11-24T04:23:17Z → 1996-11-25T04:09:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:37–00:25 on the 23rd, 23:37–00:25 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 31486 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Multan, 1996: Sunday 24 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rāsayātrā 1996 falls on Sunday 24 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:23 on Sun 24 Nov to 09:10 on Mon 25 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1996/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 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 24thCoveredNiśītha 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:23 → 20:1023:160 min23:170 min23 Nov
Chicago22:23 → 22:1023:140 min23:140 min23 Nov
Jersey City23:23 → 23:1023:200 min23:200 min23 Nov
Port of Spain00:23 → 00:1023:2941 min23:290 min24 Nov
London04:23 → 04:1023:2448 min23:240 min24 Nov
Durban06:23 → 06:1023:1948 min23:190 min24 Nov
Dubai08:23 → 08:1023:4248 min23:420 min24 Nov
Delhi09:53 → 09:4023:4448 min23:440 min24 Nov
Kolkata09:53 → 09:4023:0048 min23:000 min24 Nov
Singapore12:23 → 12:1000:2748 min00:280 min24 Nov
Sydney15:23 → 15:1000:1848 min00:180 min24 Nov
Suva16:23 → 16:1023:2948 min23:290 min24 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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