Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2065

Thursday 12 November

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 353 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 Wednesday 11 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:36  00:24 niśītha ends
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 12 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:36  00:24 niśītha ends
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12

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 06:16 on Thu 12 Nov to 08:38 on Fri 13 Nov.

    2065-11-11T22:16:19Z → 2065-11-13T00:38:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:36–00:24 on the 11th, 23:36–00:24 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 21159 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Puning, 2065: Thursday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Rāsayātrā 2065 falls on Thursday 12 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:16 on Thu 12 Nov to 08:38 on Fri 13 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/2065/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 12 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 11thCoveredNiśītha 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:16 → 16:3823:1348 min23:140 min11 Nov
Chicago16:16 → 18:3823:1148 min23:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City17:16 → 19:3823:1748 min23:170 min11 Nov
Port of Spain18:16 → 20:3823:2648 min23:270 min11 Nov
London22:16 → 00:3823:2148 min23:220 min12 Nov
Durban00:16 → 02:3823:160 min23:160 min12 Nov
Dubai02:16 → 04:3823:390 min23:390 min12 Nov
Delhi03:46 → 06:0823:410 min23:420 min12 Nov
Kolkata03:46 → 06:0822:570 min22:570 min12 Nov
Singapore06:16 → 08:3800:250 min00:250 min12 Nov
Sydney09:16 → 11:3800:150 min00:150 min12 Nov
Suva10:16 → 12:3823:260 min23:270 min12 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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