Night of Wednesday 9 November
Qualifies with 45 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:17 00:05 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 23:19:24
22:2922:5323:1723:4100:0500:2900:53
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2011
Boundaryin Rasapūdipalem, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 45 s away. Say “contested”.
Decide it for
17°44′ N 83°19′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1258393
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 9 November
Qualifies with 45 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Night of Thursday 10 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:19 on Wed 9 Nov to 01:46 on Fri 11 Nov.
2011-11-09T17:49:25Z → 2011-11-10T20:16:07Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:17–00:05 on the 9th, 23:17–00:05 on the 10th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 45 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 165 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Rasapūdipalem, 2011: Thursday 10 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Rasapūdipalem, Rāsayātrā 2011 falls on Thursday 10 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:19 on Wed 9 Nov to 01:46 on Fri 11 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 45 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 2 min 45 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 10 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 10 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 10 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Rasapūdipalem. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Niśītha 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:49 → 12:16 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Chicago | 11:49 → 14:16 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Jersey City | 12:49 → 15:16 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 13:49 → 16:16 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| London | 17:49 → 20:16 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Durban | 19:49 → 22:16 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:49 → 00:16 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 37 min | 10 Nov |
| Delhi | 23:19 → 01:46 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 10 Nov |
| Kolkata | 23:19 → 01:46 | 22:57 | 25 min | 22:57 | 48 min | 10 Nov |
| Singapore | 01:49 → 04:16 | 00:24 | 0 min | 00:25 | 48 min | 10 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:49 → 07:16 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 10 Nov |
| Suva | 06:49 → 09:16 | 00:26 | 0 min | 00:26 | 48 min | 10 Nov |