Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2096

Thursday 29 November

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 307 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 28 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 29 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

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 09:22 on Thu 29 Nov to 05:36 on Fri 30 Nov.

    2096-11-29T01:21:48Z → 2096-11-29T21:35:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 28th, 23:40–00:28 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 18448 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Puning, 2096: Thursday 29 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Rāsayātrā 2096 falls on Thursday 29 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:22 on Thu 29 Nov to 05:36 on Fri 30 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/2096/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 29 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 29thCoveredNiśītha 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:22 → 13:3623:180 min23:190 min28 Nov
Chicago19:22 → 15:3623:160 min23:160 min28 Nov
Jersey City20:22 → 16:3623:220 min23:220 min28 Nov
Port of Spain21:22 → 17:3623:310 min23:320 min28 Nov
London01:22 → 21:3623:260 min23:260 min29 Nov
Durban03:22 → 23:3623:2115 min23:210 min29 Nov
Dubai05:22 → 01:3623:4448 min23:440 min29 Nov
Delhi06:52 → 03:0623:4648 min23:470 min29 Nov
Kolkata06:52 → 03:0623:0248 min23:020 min29 Nov
Singapore09:22 → 05:3600:3048 min00:300 min29 Nov
Sydney12:22 → 08:3600:2048 min00:200 min29 Nov
Suva13:22 → 09:3623:3148 min23:310 min29 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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