Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1976

Saturday 6 November

Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 268 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 Friday 5 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

Night of Saturday 6 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

Pūrṇimā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 04:33 on Sat 6 Nov to 07:15 on Sun 7 Nov.

    1976-11-05T20:33:26Z → 1976-11-06T23:14:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:18–00:06 on the 5th, 23:18–00:06 on the 6th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 16074 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Shaoxing, 1976: Saturday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Shaoxing, Rāsayātrā 1976 falls on Saturday 6 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:33 on Sat 6 Nov to 07:15 on Sun 7 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/shaoxing/festivals/1976/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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 5thCoveredNiśītha 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:33 → 15:1523:1348 min23:130 min5 Nov
Chicago14:33 → 17:1523:1148 min23:110 min5 Nov
Jersey City15:33 → 18:1523:1648 min23:160 min5 Nov
Port of Spain16:33 → 19:1523:2648 min23:260 min5 Nov
London20:33 → 23:1523:2148 min23:210 min5 Nov
Durban22:33 → 01:1523:1548 min23:1548 min6 Nov
Dubai00:33 → 03:1523:390 min23:3948 min6 Nov
Delhi02:03 → 04:4523:410 min23:4148 min6 Nov
Kolkata02:03 → 04:4522:560 min22:5648 min6 Nov
Singapore04:03 → 06:4523:540 min23:5448 min6 Nov
Sydney07:33 → 10:1500:150 min00:1548 min6 Nov
Suva08:33 → 11:1523:260 min23:2648 min6 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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