Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2015

Wednesday 25 November

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 378 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 Tuesday 24 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 25 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

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 09:39 on Wed 25 Nov to 06:44 on Thu 26 Nov.

    2015-11-25T01:39:26Z → 2015-11-25T22:44:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 24th, 23:38–00:26 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 22672 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Puning, 2015: Wednesday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Rāsayātrā 2015 falls on Wednesday 25 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:39 on Wed 25 Nov to 06:44 on Thu 26 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/2015/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 25thCoveredNiśītha 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:39 → 14:4423:160 min23:170 min24 Nov
Chicago19:39 → 16:4423:140 min23:140 min24 Nov
Jersey City20:39 → 17:4423:200 min23:200 min24 Nov
Port of Spain21:39 → 18:4423:290 min23:300 min24 Nov
London01:39 → 22:4423:240 min23:240 min25 Nov
Durban03:39 → 00:4423:1948 min23:190 min25 Nov
Dubai05:39 → 02:4423:4248 min23:420 min25 Nov
Delhi07:09 → 04:1423:4448 min23:440 min25 Nov
Kolkata07:09 → 04:1423:0048 min23:000 min25 Nov
Singapore09:39 → 06:4400:2848 min00:280 min25 Nov
Sydney12:39 → 09:4400:1848 min00:180 min25 Nov
Suva14:39 → 11:4400:2948 min00:290 min25 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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