Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2007

Friday 23 November

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 564 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 Thursday 22 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:18  00:06 niśītha ends
22:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:3000:54

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 23 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:18  00:06 niśītha ends
22:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:3000:54

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 13:22 on Fri 23 Nov to 09:30 on Sat 24 Nov.

    2007-11-23T18:22:23Z → 2007-11-24T14:29:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:18–00:06 on the 22nd, 23:18–00:06 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 33824 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Queens, 2007: Friday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Rāsayātrā 2007 falls on Friday 23 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:22 on Fri 23 Nov to 09:30 on Sat 24 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/2007/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 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 23rdCoveredNiśītha 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:22 → 06:3023:1648 min23:160 min23 Nov
Chicago12:22 → 08:3023:1348 min23:140 min23 Nov
Jersey City13:22 → 09:3023:1948 min23:190 min23 Nov
Port of Spain14:22 → 10:3023:2948 min23:290 min23 Nov
London18:22 → 14:3023:2348 min23:240 min23 Nov
Durban20:22 → 16:3023:1848 min23:180 min23 Nov
Dubai22:22 → 18:3023:4148 min23:420 min23 Nov
Delhi23:52 → 20:0023:4439 min23:440 min23 Nov
Kolkata23:52 → 20:0022:590 min22:590 min24 Nov
Singapore02:22 → 22:3000:270 min00:270 min24 Nov
Sydney05:22 → 01:3000:170 min00:1848 min24 Nov
Suva06:22 → 02:3023:290 min23:2948 min24 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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