Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2041

Thursday 7 November

Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 484 minutes.

Decide it for

30°00′ N 120°35′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1795855

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Thursday 7 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 Friday 8 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 15:14 on Thu 7 Nov to 12:44 on Fri 8 Nov.

    2041-11-07T07:14:05Z → 2041-11-08T04:43:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:18–00:06 on the 7th, 23:18–00:06 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 29012 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Shaoxing, 2041: Thursday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Shaoxing, Rāsayātrā 2041 falls on Thursday 7 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:14 on Thu 7 Nov to 12:44 on Fri 8 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/shaoxing/festivals/2041/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 7 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 7thCoveredNiśītha 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:14 → 20:4423:130 min23:130 min6 Nov
Chicago01:14 → 22:4423:110 min23:110 min7 Nov
Jersey City02:14 → 23:4423:1627 min23:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain03:14 → 00:4423:2648 min23:260 min7 Nov
London07:14 → 04:4423:2148 min23:210 min7 Nov
Durban09:14 → 06:4423:1548 min23:160 min7 Nov
Dubai11:14 → 08:4423:3948 min23:390 min7 Nov
Delhi12:44 → 10:1423:4148 min23:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata12:44 → 10:1422:5648 min22:560 min7 Nov
Singapore15:14 → 12:4400:2448 min00:240 min7 Nov
Sydney18:14 → 15:4400:1548 min00:150 min7 Nov
Suva19:14 → 16:4423:2648 min23:260 min7 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

About Ahargaṇa