Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2022

Monday 7 November

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 273 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 Monday 7 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

Night of Tuesday 8 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

Pūrṇimā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 18:47 on Mon 7 Nov to 19:02 on Tue 8 Nov.

    2022-11-07T10:46:33Z → 2022-11-08T11:02:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:35–00:23 on the 7th, 23:35–00:23 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 16384 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Puning, 2022: Monday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Rāsayātrā 2022 falls on Monday 7 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:47 on Mon 7 Nov to 19:02 on Tue 8 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/2022/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 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 7thCoveredNiśītha 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:47 → 03:0223:1348 min23:130 min7 Nov
Chicago04:47 → 05:0223:1148 min23:110 min7 Nov
Jersey City05:47 → 06:0223:1648 min23:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain06:47 → 07:0223:2648 min23:260 min7 Nov
London10:47 → 11:0223:2148 min23:210 min7 Nov
Durban12:47 → 13:0223:1548 min23:150 min7 Nov
Dubai14:47 → 15:0223:3948 min23:390 min7 Nov
Delhi16:17 → 16:3223:4148 min23:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata16:17 → 16:3222:5648 min22:560 min7 Nov
Singapore18:47 → 19:0200:2448 min00:240 min7 Nov
Sydney21:47 → 22:0200:1548 min00:150 min7 Nov
Suva22:47 → 23:0223:2648 min23:260 min7 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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