Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2091

Sunday 25 November

Determinatein Recife, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 18 minutes.

Decide it for

8°03′ S 34°53′ W · America/Recife · GeoNames 3390760

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Saturday 24 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 22:43  23:31 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 22:24:34
21:5522:1922:4323:0723:3123:5500:19

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 25 November

Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.

niśītha begins 22:43  23:31 niśītha ends
21:5522:1922:4323:0723:3123:5500:19

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 22:25 on Sat 24 Nov to 00:45 on Mon 26 Nov.

    2091-11-25T01:24:35Z → 2091-11-26T03:44:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 22:43–23:31 on the 24th, 22:43–23:31 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1082 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Recife, 2091: Sunday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Recife, Rāsayātrā 2091 falls on Sunday 25 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:25 on Sat 24 Nov to 00:45 on Mon 26 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.

ahargana.org/recife/festivals/2091/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 25 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Recife.

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 25thCoveredNiśītha 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:25 → 19:4523:170 min23:170 min24 Nov
Chicago19:25 → 21:4523:140 min23:150 min24 Nov
Jersey City20:25 → 22:4523:200 min23:200 min24 Nov
Port of Spain21:25 → 23:4523:3015 min23:300 min25 Nov
London01:25 → 03:4523:2448 min23:250 min25 Nov
Durban03:25 → 05:4523:1948 min23:190 min25 Nov
Dubai05:25 → 07:4523:4248 min23:430 min25 Nov
Delhi06:55 → 09:1523:4548 min23:450 min25 Nov
Kolkata06:55 → 09:1523:0048 min23:000 min25 Nov
Singapore09:25 → 11:4500:2848 min00:280 min25 Nov
Sydney12:25 → 14:4500:1848 min00:190 min25 Nov
Suva13:25 → 15:4523:2948 min23:300 min25 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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