Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1979

Saturday 3 November

Determinatein Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 387 minutes.

Decide it for

39°02′ N 125°45′ E · Asia/Pyongyang · GeoNames 1871859

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Saturday 3 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:57  00:45 niśītha ends
23:0923:3323:5700:2100:4501:0901:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 4 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:57  00:45 niśītha ends
23:0923:3323:5700:2100:4501:0901:33

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 17:30 on Sat 3 Nov to 14:47 on Sun 4 Nov.

    1979-11-03T08:30:09Z → 1979-11-04T05:47:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:57–00:45 on the 3rd, 23:57–00:45 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 23205 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Pyongyang, 1979: Saturday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Pyongyang, Rāsayātrā 1979 falls on Saturday 3 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:30 on Sat 3 Nov to 14:47 on Sun 4 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/pyongyang/festivals/1979/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Pyongyang.

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 3rdCoveredNiśītha 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:30 → 21:4723:130 min23:130 min3 Nov
Chicago02:30 → 23:4723:1137 min23:110 min3 Nov
Jersey City03:30 → 00:4723:1648 min23:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain04:30 → 01:4723:2648 min23:260 min3 Nov
London08:30 → 05:4723:2148 min23:210 min3 Nov
Durban10:30 → 07:4723:1548 min23:150 min3 Nov
Dubai12:30 → 09:4723:3948 min23:390 min3 Nov
Delhi14:00 → 11:1723:4148 min23:410 min3 Nov
Kolkata14:00 → 11:1722:5648 min22:560 min3 Nov
Singapore16:00 → 13:1723:5448 min23:540 min3 Nov
Sydney19:30 → 16:4700:1548 min00:150 min3 Nov
Suva20:30 → 17:4723:2648 min23:260 min3 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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