Night of Tuesday 10 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:30 00:18 niśītha ends
22:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:06
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1981
Boundaryin Rome, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 54 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 10 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 11 November
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 03:13 on Wed 11 Nov to 23:26 on Wed 11 Nov.
1981-11-11T02:13:07Z → 1981-11-11T22:26:29Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:30–00:18 on the 10th, 23:30–00:18 on the 11th.
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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.
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 234 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Rome, 1981: Wednesday 11 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Rome, Rāsayātrā 1981 falls on Wednesday 11 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:13 on Wed 11 Nov to 23:26 on Wed 11 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 3 min 54 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 11 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 11 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 11 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Rome. | ||
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 11th | Covered | Niśītha 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:13 → 14:26 | 23:13 | 0 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Chicago | 20:13 → 16:26 | 23:11 | 0 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Jersey City | 21:13 → 17:26 | 23:17 | 0 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 22:13 → 18:26 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| London | 02:13 → 22:26 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Durban | 04:13 → 00:26 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:13 → 02:26 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Delhi | 07:43 → 03:56 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Kolkata | 07:43 → 03:56 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Singapore | 09:43 → 05:56 | 23:55 | 48 min | 23:55 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:13 → 09:26 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Suva | 14:13 → 10:26 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 11 Nov |