Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2040

Sunday 18 November

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 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 17 November

Qualifies with 24 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:35  00:23 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 23:58:57
22:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:11

24 of 48 minutes covered, the last 24

Night of Sunday 18 November

Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.

niśītha begins 23:36  00:24 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 00:06:12
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12

31 of 48 minutes covered, the first 31

Pūrṇimā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 23:59 on Sat 17 Nov to 00:06 on Mon 19 Nov.

    2040-11-17T18:58:58Z → 2040-11-18T19:06:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:35–00:23 on the 17th, 23:36–00:24 on the 18th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 24 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 31 of 48 on the 18th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1044 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Multan, 2040: Sunday 18 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rāsayātrā 2040 falls on Sunday 18 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:59 on Sat 17 Nov to 00:06 on Mon 19 Nov and covers 31 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 24 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2040/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 18 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 18 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 18 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 17thCoveredNiśītha 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:59 → 11:0623:1448 min23:150 min17 Nov
Chicago12:59 → 13:0623:1248 min23:120 min17 Nov
Jersey City13:59 → 14:0623:1848 min23:180 min17 Nov
Port of Spain14:59 → 15:0623:2748 min23:280 min17 Nov
London18:59 → 19:0623:2248 min23:220 min17 Nov
Durban20:59 → 21:0623:1748 min23:170 min17 Nov
Dubai22:59 → 23:0623:4048 min23:400 min17 Nov
Delhi00:29 → 00:3623:421 min23:4348 min18 Nov
Kolkata00:29 → 00:3622:580 min22:5848 min18 Nov
Singapore02:59 → 03:0600:260 min00:2648 min18 Nov
Sydney05:59 → 06:0600:160 min00:1648 min18 Nov
Suva06:59 → 07:0623:270 min23:2848 min18 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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