Night of Tuesday 19 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:15 00:03 niśītha ends
22:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:51
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2086
Boundaryin Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 40 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 19 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 20 November
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 02:27 on Wed 20 Nov to 23:14 on Wed 20 Nov.
2086-11-19T23:27:11Z → 2086-11-20T20:13:34Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:15–00:03 on the 19th, 23:15–00:03 on the 20th.
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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.
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 100 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Riyadh, 2086: Wednesday 20 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Riyadh, Rāsayātrā 2086 falls on Wednesday 20 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:27 on Wed 20 Nov to 23:14 on Wed 20 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 1 min 40 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 20 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 20 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 20 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 19th | Covered | Niśītha 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:27 → 12:14 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Chicago | 17:27 → 14:14 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Jersey City | 18:27 → 15:14 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:19 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 19:27 → 16:14 | 23:28 | 48 min | 23:28 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| London | 23:27 → 20:14 | 23:23 | 44 min | 23:23 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Durban | 01:27 → 22:14 | 23:18 | 0 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Dubai | 03:27 → 00:14 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 33 min | 20 Nov |
| Delhi | 04:57 → 01:44 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:43 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Kolkata | 04:57 → 01:44 | 22:58 | 0 min | 22:59 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Singapore | 07:27 → 04:14 | 00:26 | 0 min | 00:27 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Sydney | 10:27 → 07:14 | 00:17 | 0 min | 00:17 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Suva | 11:27 → 08:14 | 23:28 | 0 min | 23:28 | 48 min | 20 Nov |