Night of Saturday 16 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:49 00:37 niśītha ends
23:0123:2523:4900:1300:3701:0101:25
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1918
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 58 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Saturday 16 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 17 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the first 43
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 04:00 on Sun 17 Nov to 00:33 on Mon 18 Nov.
1918-11-17T10:59:59Z → 1918-11-18T07:32:38Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:49–00:37 on the 16th, 23:50–00:38 on the 17th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 43 of 48 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 298 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Phoenix, 1918: Sunday 17 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Phoenix, Rāsayātrā 1918 falls on Sunday 17 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:00 on Sun 17 Nov to 00:33 on Mon 18 Nov and covers 43 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 4 min 58 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 17 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 17 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 17 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 17th | Covered | Niśītha 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:00 → 23:33 | 23:14 | 18 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Chicago | 05:00 → 01:33 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Jersey City | 06:00 → 02:33 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 07:00 → 03:33 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| London | 11:00 → 07:33 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Durban | 13:00 → 09:33 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Dubai | 14:41 → 11:14 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Delhi | 16:30 → 13:03 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Kolkata | 16:30 → 13:03 | 22:58 | 48 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Singapore | 18:00 → 14:33 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Sydney | 21:00 → 17:33 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Suva | 23:00 → 19:33 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 17 Nov |