Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2071

Saturday 7 November

Determinatein Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 183 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 Friday 6 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

Night of Saturday 7 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 04:58 on Sat 7 Nov to 03:48 on Sun 8 Nov.

    2071-11-06T19:57:53Z → 2071-11-07T18:48:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:57–00:45 on the 6th, 23:57–00:45 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 10981 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Pyongyang, 2071: Saturday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Pyongyang, Rāsayātrā 2071 falls on Saturday 7 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:58 on Sat 7 Nov to 03:48 on Sun 8 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/pyongyang/festivals/2071/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 6thCoveredNiśītha 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:58 → 10:4823:1348 min23:130 min6 Nov
Chicago13:58 → 12:4823:1148 min23:110 min6 Nov
Jersey City14:58 → 13:4823:1648 min23:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain15:58 → 14:4823:2648 min23:260 min6 Nov
London19:58 → 18:4823:2148 min23:210 min6 Nov
Durban21:58 → 20:4823:1548 min23:160 min6 Nov
Dubai23:58 → 22:4823:3929 min23:390 min6 Nov
Delhi01:28 → 00:1823:410 min23:4137 min7 Nov
Kolkata01:28 → 00:1822:560 min22:5748 min7 Nov
Singapore03:58 → 02:4800:240 min00:2448 min7 Nov
Sydney06:58 → 05:4800:150 min00:1548 min7 Nov
Suva07:58 → 06:4823:260 min23:2648 min7 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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