Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1924

Monday 10 November

Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 167 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 Monday 10 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:18  00:06 niśītha ends
22:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:3000:54

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 11 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:18  00:06 niśītha ends
22:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:3000:54

0 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 18:56 on Mon 10 Nov to 20:31 on Tue 11 Nov.

    1924-11-10T10:56:12Z → 1924-11-11T12:30:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:18–00:06 on the 10th, 23:18–00:06 on the 11th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 10048 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Shaoxing, 1924: Monday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Shaoxing, Rāsayātrā 1924 falls on Monday 10 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:56 on Mon 10 Nov to 20:31 on Tue 11 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/shaoxing/festivals/1924/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 10 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing.

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 10thCoveredNiśītha 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:56 → 04:3123:1348 min23:130 min10 Nov
Chicago04:56 → 06:3123:1148 min23:110 min10 Nov
Jersey City05:56 → 07:3123:1748 min23:170 min10 Nov
Port of Spain06:56 → 08:3123:2648 min23:260 min10 Nov
London10:56 → 12:3123:2148 min23:210 min10 Nov
Durban12:56 → 14:3123:1648 min23:160 min10 Nov
Dubai14:56 → 16:3123:3948 min23:390 min10 Nov
Delhi16:26 → 18:0123:4148 min23:410 min10 Nov
Kolkata16:26 → 18:0122:5748 min22:570 min10 Nov
Singapore17:56 → 19:3123:2548 min23:250 min10 Nov
Sydney20:56 → 22:3123:1548 min23:150 min10 Nov
Suva22:56 → 00:3123:2648 min23:2648 min11 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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