Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1990

Friday 2 November

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 325 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 Thursday 1 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 Friday 2 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 09:17 on Fri 2 Nov to 05:48 on Sat 3 Nov.

    1990-11-02T01:17:17Z → 1990-11-02T21:48:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:35–00:23 on the 1st, 23:35–00:23 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 19512 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Puning, 1990: Friday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Rāsayātrā 1990 falls on Friday 2 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:17 on Fri 2 Nov to 05:48 on Sat 3 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/1990/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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 2ndCoveredNiśītha 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:17 → 13:4823:130 min23:130 min1 Nov
Chicago19:17 → 15:4823:110 min23:110 min1 Nov
Jersey City20:17 → 16:4823:160 min23:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain21:17 → 17:4823:260 min23:260 min1 Nov
London01:17 → 21:4823:210 min23:210 min2 Nov
Durban03:17 → 23:4823:1533 min23:150 min2 Nov
Dubai05:17 → 01:4823:3948 min23:390 min2 Nov
Delhi06:47 → 03:1823:4148 min23:410 min2 Nov
Kolkata06:47 → 03:1822:5648 min22:560 min2 Nov
Singapore09:17 → 05:4800:2448 min00:240 min2 Nov
Sydney12:17 → 08:4800:1548 min00:150 min2 Nov
Suva13:17 → 09:4823:2648 min23:260 min2 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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