Night of Monday 18 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:59 00:47 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:47:06
23:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:1101:35
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2097
Boundaryin Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 15 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 18 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 19 November
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:47 on Tue 19 Nov to 22:05 on Tue 19 Nov.
2097-11-18T15:47:07Z → 2097-11-19T13:05:07Z
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 0 of 48 on the 19th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 15 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Pyongyang, 2097: Tuesday 19 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Pyongyang, Rāsayātrā 2097 falls on Tuesday 19 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:47 on Tue 19 Nov to 22:05 on Tue 19 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 0 min 15 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 19 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 19 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 18 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 | 07:47 → 05:05 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Chicago | 09:47 → 07:05 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Jersey City | 10:47 → 08:05 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:19 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 11:47 → 09:05 | 23:28 | 48 min | 23:28 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| London | 15:47 → 13:05 | 23:23 | 48 min | 23:23 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Durban | 17:47 → 15:05 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Dubai | 19:47 → 17:05 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Delhi | 21:17 → 18:35 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Kolkata | 21:17 → 18:35 | 22:58 | 48 min | 22:59 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Singapore | 23:47 → 21:05 | 00:26 | 48 min | 00:26 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Sydney | 02:47 → 00:05 | 00:17 | 0 min | 00:17 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Suva | 03:47 → 01:05 | 23:28 | 0 min | 23:28 | 48 min | 19 Nov |