Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1968

Monday 4 November

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 608 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 Sunday 3 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 4 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

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 10:31 on Mon 4 Nov to 12:25 on Tue 5 Nov.

    1968-11-04T02:30:41Z → 1968-11-05T04:24:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:35–00:23 on the 3rd, 23:35–00:23 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 36456 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Puning, 1968: Monday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Rāsayātrā 1968 falls on Monday 4 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:31 on Mon 4 Nov to 12:25 on Tue 5 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/1968/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 4 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning.

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 4thCoveredNiśītha 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:31 → 20:2523:130 min23:130 min3 Nov
Chicago20:31 → 22:2523:110 min23:110 min3 Nov
Jersey City21:31 → 23:2523:168 min23:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain22:31 → 00:2523:2648 min23:260 min4 Nov
London03:31 → 05:2500:2148 min00:210 min4 Nov
Durban04:31 → 06:2523:1548 min23:150 min4 Nov
Dubai06:31 → 08:2523:3948 min23:390 min4 Nov
Delhi08:01 → 09:5523:4148 min23:410 min4 Nov
Kolkata08:01 → 09:5522:5648 min22:560 min4 Nov
Singapore10:01 → 11:5523:5448 min23:540 min4 Nov
Sydney12:31 → 14:2523:1548 min23:150 min4 Nov
Suva14:31 → 16:2523:2648 min23:260 min4 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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