Night of Friday 16 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:50 00:38 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 01:15:03
23:0223:2623:5000:1400:3801:0201:26
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1956
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 07 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 16 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 17 November
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 01:15 on Sat 17 Nov to 23:45 on Sat 17 Nov.
1956-11-17T08:15:03Z → 1956-11-18T06:44:35Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:50–00:38 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 0 of 48 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 307 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Phoenix, 1956: Saturday 17 November.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Rāsayātrā 1956 falls on Saturday 17 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:15 on Sat 17 Nov to 23:45 on Sat 17 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 17 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 17 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 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 | 00:15 → 22:45 | 23:14 | 0 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Chicago | 02:15 → 00:45 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Jersey City | 03:15 → 01:45 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 04:15 → 02:45 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:28 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| London | 08:15 → 06:45 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Durban | 10:15 → 08:45 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Dubai | 12:15 → 10:45 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Delhi | 13:45 → 12:15 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Kolkata | 13:45 → 12:15 | 22:58 | 48 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Singapore | 15:45 → 14:15 | 23:56 | 48 min | 23:56 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Sydney | 18:15 → 16:45 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Suva | 20:15 → 18:45 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 17 Nov |