Night of Wednesday 9 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:13 00:01 niśītha ends
22:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:49
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2011
Boundaryin Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 56 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 9 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 10 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
3 of 48 minutes covered, the first 3
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 20:49 on Wed 9 Nov to 23:16 on Thu 10 Nov.
2011-11-09T17:49:25Z → 2011-11-10T20:16:07Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:13–00:01 on the 9th, 23:13–00:01 on the 10th.
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 9th and 3 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 176 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Riyadh, 2011: Thursday 10 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Riyadh, Rāsayātrā 2011 falls on Thursday 10 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:49 on Wed 9 Nov to 23:16 on Thu 10 Nov and covers 3 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 2 min 56 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 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 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 |