Night of Thursday 13 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
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1997
Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 55 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 13 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 14 November
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 01:01 on Fri 14 Nov to 22:12 on Fri 14 Nov.
1997-11-13T17:00:55Z → 1997-11-14T14:11:37Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:18–00:06 on the 13th, 23:18–00:06 on the 14th.
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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.
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 3283 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Shaoxing, 1997: Friday 14 November.
confidence: determinate
In Shaoxing, Rāsayātrā 1997 falls on Friday 14 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:01 on Fri 14 Nov to 22:12 on Fri 14 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 14 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 14 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 14 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing. | ||
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 13th | Covered | Niśītha 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:01 → 06:12 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Chicago | 11:01 → 08:12 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Jersey City | 12:01 → 09:12 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 13:01 → 10:12 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| London | 17:01 → 14:12 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Durban | 19:01 → 16:12 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:01 → 18:12 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:31 → 19:42 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:31 → 19:42 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Singapore | 01:01 → 22:12 | 00:25 | 12 min | 00:25 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:01 → 01:12 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 14 Nov |
| Suva | 05:01 → 02:12 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 14 Nov |