Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2083

Tuesday 23 November

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 434 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 23 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

Night of Wednesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 14:05 on Tue 23 Nov to 16:25 on Wed 24 Nov.

    2083-11-23T06:05:25Z → 2083-11-24T08:24:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 26028 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Puning, 2083: Tuesday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Rāsayātrā 2083 falls on Tuesday 23 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:05 on Tue 23 Nov to 16:25 on Wed 24 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/2083/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 23rdCoveredNiśītha 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:05 → 00:2523:1648 min23:160 min23 Nov
Chicago00:05 → 02:2523:1448 min23:140 min23 Nov
Jersey City01:05 → 03:2523:1948 min23:200 min23 Nov
Port of Spain02:05 → 04:2523:2948 min23:290 min23 Nov
London06:05 → 08:2523:2448 min23:240 min23 Nov
Durban08:05 → 10:2523:1848 min23:190 min23 Nov
Dubai10:05 → 12:2523:4248 min23:420 min23 Nov
Delhi11:35 → 13:5523:4448 min23:440 min23 Nov
Kolkata11:35 → 13:5522:5948 min23:000 min23 Nov
Singapore14:05 → 16:2500:2748 min00:280 min23 Nov
Sydney17:05 → 19:2500:1848 min00:180 min23 Nov
Suva18:05 → 20:2523:2948 min23:290 min23 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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