Night of Wednesday 8 November
Qualifies with 28 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:19 00:07 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 23:40:07
22:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:55
28 of 48 minutes covered, the last 28
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1916
Boundaryin Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 27 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 8 November
Qualifies with 28 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
28 of 48 minutes covered, the last 28
Night of Thursday 9 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
4 of 48 minutes covered, the first 4
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:39 on Wed 8 Nov to 23:24 on Thu 9 Nov.
1916-11-08T20:33:16Z → 1916-11-09T20:17:39Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:19–00:07 on the 8th, 23:19–00:07 on the 9th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 28 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 4 of 48 on the 9th.
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 267 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Riyadh, 1916: Thursday 9 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Riyadh, Rāsayātrā 1916 falls on Thursday 9 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:39 on Wed 8 Nov to 23:24 on Thu 9 Nov and covers 4 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 28 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 4 min 27 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 9 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 9 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 9 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh. | ||
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 8th | Covered | Niśītha 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:33 → 12:18 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 14:33 → 14:18 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 15:33 → 15:18 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 16:33 → 16:18 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 20:33 → 20:18 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 22:33 → 22:18 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 00:14 → 23:59 | 23:20 | 0 min | 23:20 | 39 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:03 → 01:48 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:03 → 01:48 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:57 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 03:33 → 03:18 | 23:24 | 0 min | 23:25 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 06:33 → 06:18 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 08:33 → 08:18 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 9 Nov |