Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2076

Tuesday 10 November

Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 303 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 9 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 Tuesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 06:51 on Tue 10 Nov to 05:09 on Wed 11 Nov.

    2076-11-09T22:50:51Z → 2076-11-10T21:08:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:18–00:06 on the 9th, 23:18–00:06 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 18154 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Shaoxing, 2076: Tuesday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Shaoxing, Rāsayātrā 2076 falls on Tuesday 10 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:51 on Tue 10 Nov to 05:09 on Wed 11 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/shaoxing/festivals/2076/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 9thCoveredNiśītha 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:51 → 13:0923:1348 min23:130 min9 Nov
Chicago16:51 → 15:0923:1148 min23:110 min9 Nov
Jersey City17:51 → 16:0923:1748 min23:170 min9 Nov
Port of Spain18:51 → 17:0923:2648 min23:260 min9 Nov
London22:51 → 21:0923:2148 min23:210 min9 Nov
Durban00:51 → 23:0923:160 min23:160 min10 Nov
Dubai02:51 → 01:0923:390 min23:3948 min10 Nov
Delhi04:21 → 02:3923:410 min23:4148 min10 Nov
Kolkata04:21 → 02:3922:570 min22:5748 min10 Nov
Singapore06:51 → 05:0900:250 min00:2548 min10 Nov
Sydney09:51 → 08:0900:150 min00:1548 min10 Nov
Suva10:51 → 09:0923:260 min23:2648 min10 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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