Night of Wednesday 13 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 22:40 23:28 niśītha ends
21:5222:1622:4023:0423:2823:5200:16
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1940
Boundaryin Recife, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 53 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 13 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 14 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the first 43
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:18 on Wed 13 Nov to 23:23 on Thu 14 Nov.
1940-11-14T00:18:18Z → 1940-11-15T02:23:12Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 22:40–23:28 on the 13th, 22:40–23:28 on the 14th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 43 of 48 on the 14th.
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 293 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Recife, 1940: Thursday 14 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Recife, Rāsayātrā 1940 falls on Thursday 14 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:18 on Wed 13 Nov to 23:23 on Thu 14 Nov and covers 43 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 4 min 53 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 14 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 14 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 14 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Recife. | ||
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 14th | Covered | Niśītha 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:18 → 18:23 | 23:14 | 0 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Chicago | 18:18 → 20:23 | 23:12 | 0 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Jersey City | 19:18 → 21:23 | 23:17 | 0 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 20:18 → 22:23 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| London | 01:18 → 03:23 | 00:22 | 48 min | 00:22 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Durban | 02:18 → 04:23 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Dubai | 04:18 → 06:23 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Delhi | 05:48 → 07:53 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Kolkata | 05:48 → 07:53 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Singapore | 07:38 → 09:43 | 23:45 | 48 min | 23:45 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Sydney | 10:18 → 12:23 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Suva | 12:18 → 14:23 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 14 Nov |