Night of Wednesday 31 October
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:13 00:01 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:37:33
22:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:49
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2085
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 36 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 31 October
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 1 November
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:38 on Thu 1 Nov to 22:10 on Thu 1 Nov.
2085-10-31T21:37:33Z → 2085-11-01T19:10:09Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:13–00:01 on the 31st, 23:13–00:01 on the 1st.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 2188 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Riyadh, 2085: Thursday 1 November.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Rāsayātrā 2085 falls on Thursday 1 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:38 on Thu 1 Nov to 22:10 on Thu 1 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 1 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 1 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 1 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 31st | Covered | Niśītha 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:38 → 12:10 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:38 → 14:10 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:38 → 15:10 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:38 → 15:10 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| London | 21:38 → 19:10 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Durban | 23:38 → 21:10 | 23:16 | 26 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:38 → 23:10 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Delhi | 03:08 → 00:40 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Kolkata | 03:08 → 00:40 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:56 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Singapore | 05:38 → 03:10 | 00:24 | 0 min | 00:24 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Sydney | 08:38 → 06:10 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Suva | 09:38 → 07:10 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 1 Nov |