Night of Tuesday 29 November
Qualifies with 44 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:22 00:10 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 23:26:10
22:3422:5823:2223:4600:1000:3400:58
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2039
Boundaryin Osaka, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 44 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 29 November
Qualifies with 44 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Night of Wednesday 30 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:26 on Tue 29 Nov to 01:50 on Thu 1 Dec.
2039-11-29T14:26:10Z → 2039-11-30T16:49:38Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:22–00:10 on the 29th, 23:23–00:11 on the 30th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 44 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.
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 224 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Osaka, 2039: Wednesday 30 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Osaka, Rāsayātrā 2039 falls on Wednesday 30 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:26 on Tue 29 Nov to 01:50 on Thu 1 Dec and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 44 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 3 min 44 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 30 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 30 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 30 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Osaka. | ||
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 29th | Covered | Niśītha 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:26 → 08:50 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Chicago | 08:26 → 10:50 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Jersey City | 09:26 → 11:50 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 10:26 → 12:50 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| London | 14:26 → 16:50 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Durban | 16:26 → 18:50 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Dubai | 18:26 → 20:50 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Delhi | 19:56 → 22:20 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Kolkata | 19:56 → 22:20 | 23:01 | 48 min | 23:01 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Singapore | 22:26 → 00:50 | 00:29 | 48 min | 00:29 | 20 min | 30 Nov |
| Sydney | 01:26 → 03:50 | 00:19 | 0 min | 00:20 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Suva | 02:26 → 04:50 | 23:30 | 0 min | 23:31 | 48 min | 30 Nov |