Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1943

Wednesday 10 November

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 95 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 10 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 00:16  01:04 niśītha ends
23:2823:5200:1600:4001:0401:2801:52

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 11 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:16  01:04 niśītha ends
23:2823:5200:1600:4001:0401:2801:52

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 22:40 on Wed 10 Nov to 21:27 on Thu 11 Nov.

    1943-11-11T02:40:13Z → 1943-11-12T01:26:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:16–01:04 on the 10th, 00:16–01:04 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 5726 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Queens, 1943: Wednesday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Rāsayātrā 1943 falls on Wednesday 10 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:40 on Wed 10 Nov to 21:27 on Thu 11 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/1943/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens.

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 11thCoveredNiśītha 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:40 → 18:2700:130 min00:130 min10 Nov
Chicago21:40 → 20:2700:110 min00:110 min10 Nov
Jersey City22:40 → 21:2700:170 min00:170 min10 Nov
Port of Spain23:40 → 22:2700:260 min00:260 min10 Nov
London03:40 → 02:2700:2148 min00:210 min11 Nov
Durban05:40 → 04:2700:1648 min00:160 min11 Nov
Dubai06:40 → 05:2723:3948 min23:390 min11 Nov
Delhi09:10 → 07:5700:4148 min00:410 min11 Nov
Kolkata09:10 → 07:5723:5748 min23:570 min11 Nov
Singapore11:40 → 10:2701:2548 min01:250 min11 Nov
Sydney13:40 → 12:2700:1548 min00:150 min11 Nov
Suva14:40 → 13:2723:2648 min23:260 min11 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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