Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1995

Monday 6 November

Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 549 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 Sunday 5 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:13  00:01 niśītha ends
22:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:49

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 6 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:13  00:01 niśītha ends
22:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:49

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 09:10 on Mon 6 Nov to 10:20 on Tue 7 Nov.

    1995-11-06T06:10:18Z → 1995-11-07T07:20:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:13–00:01 on the 5th, 23:13–00:01 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 32965 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Riyadh, 1995: Monday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Riyadh, Rāsayātrā 1995 falls on Monday 6 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:10 on Mon 6 Nov to 10:20 on Tue 7 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/riyadh/festivals/1995/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh.

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 6thCoveredNiśītha 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:10 → 23:2023:138 min23:130 min6 Nov
Chicago00:10 → 01:2023:1148 min23:110 min6 Nov
Jersey City01:10 → 02:2023:1648 min23:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain02:10 → 03:2023:2648 min23:260 min6 Nov
London06:10 → 07:2023:2148 min23:210 min6 Nov
Durban08:10 → 09:2023:1548 min23:150 min6 Nov
Dubai10:10 → 11:2023:3948 min23:390 min6 Nov
Delhi11:40 → 12:5023:4148 min23:410 min6 Nov
Kolkata11:40 → 12:5022:5648 min22:560 min6 Nov
Singapore14:10 → 15:2000:2448 min00:240 min6 Nov
Sydney17:10 → 18:2000:1548 min00:150 min6 Nov
Suva18:10 → 19:2023:2648 min23:260 min6 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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