Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2074

Saturday 3 November

Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 45 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Friday 2 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:34  00:22 niśītha ends
22:4623:1023:3423:5800:2200:4601:10

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 3 November

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

niśītha begins 23:34  00:22 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 00:22:45
22:4623:1023:3423:5800:2200:4601:10

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 22:26 on Fri 2 Nov to 00:23 on Sun 4 Nov.

    2074-11-02T17:26:03Z → 2074-11-03T19:22:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:34–00:22 on the 2nd, 23:34–00:22 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 48 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

    Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 45 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Multan, 2074: Saturday 3 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Multan, Rāsayātrā 2074 falls on Saturday 3 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:26 on Fri 2 Nov to 00:23 on Sun 4 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 0 min 45 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2074/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:26 → 12:2300:1348 min00:130 min2 Nov
Chicago12:26 → 14:2300:1148 min00:110 min2 Nov
Jersey City13:26 → 15:2300:1648 min00:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain13:26 → 15:2323:2648 min23:260 min2 Nov
London17:26 → 19:2323:2148 min23:210 min2 Nov
Durban19:26 → 21:2323:1548 min23:150 min2 Nov
Dubai21:26 → 23:2323:3948 min23:390 min2 Nov
Delhi22:56 → 00:5323:4148 min23:4148 min3 Nov
Kolkata22:56 → 00:5322:5648 min22:5648 min3 Nov
Singapore01:26 → 03:2300:240 min00:2448 min3 Nov
Sydney04:26 → 06:2300:150 min00:1548 min3 Nov
Suva05:26 → 07:2323:260 min23:2648 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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