Night of Wednesday 18 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:59 00:47 niśītha ends
23:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:1101:35
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1964
Boundaryin Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 01 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 18 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 19 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 03:50 on Thu 19 Nov to 00:43 on Fri 20 Nov.
1964-11-18T18:50:15Z → 1964-11-19T15:42:43Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:59–00:47 on the 18th, 23:59–00:47 on the 19th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 44 of 48 on the 19th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 241 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Pyongyang, 1964: Thursday 19 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Pyongyang, Rāsayātrā 1964 falls on Thursday 19 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:50 on Thu 19 Nov to 00:43 on Fri 20 Nov and covers 44 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 4 min 01 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 19 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 19 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 19 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Pyongyang. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rasayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Niśītha 18th | Covered | Niśītha 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:50 → 07:43 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Chicago | 12:50 → 09:43 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Jersey City | 13:50 → 10:43 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 14:50 → 11:43 | 23:28 | 48 min | 23:28 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| London | 18:50 → 15:43 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:23 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Durban | 20:50 → 17:43 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Dubai | 22:50 → 19:43 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Delhi | 00:20 → 21:13 | 23:43 | 10 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Kolkata | 00:20 → 21:13 | 22:58 | 0 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Singapore | 02:20 → 23:13 | 23:56 | 0 min | 23:56 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:50 → 01:43 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:17 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Suva | 06:50 → 03:43 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:28 | 48 min | 19 Nov |