Night of Saturday 25 November
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:31 00:19 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:16:59
22:4323:0723:3123:5500:1900:4301:07
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1939
Boundaryin Soweto, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 25 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Saturday 25 November
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Night of Sunday 26 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
23 of 48 minutes covered, the first 23
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:17 on Sun 26 Nov to 23:54 on Sun 26 Nov.
1939-11-25T22:17:00Z → 1939-11-26T21:54:21Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:31–00:19 on the 25th, 23:32–00:20 on the 26th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 23 of 48 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 145 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Soweto, 1939: Sunday 26 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Soweto, Rāsayātrā 1939 falls on Sunday 26 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:17 on Sun 26 Nov to 23:54 on Sun 26 Nov and covers 23 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 2 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 2 min 25 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 26 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 26 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 26 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Soweto. | ||
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 25th | Covered | Niśītha 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:17 → 13:54 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Chicago | 16:17 → 15:54 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Jersey City | 17:17 → 16:54 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:20 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 18:17 → 17:54 | 23:29 | 48 min | 23:29 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| London | 22:17 → 21:54 | 23:24 | 48 min | 23:24 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Durban | 00:17 → 23:54 | 23:19 | 0 min | 23:19 | 35 min | 26 Nov |
| Dubai | 02:17 → 01:54 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 26 Nov |
| Delhi | 03:47 → 03:24 | 23:44 | 0 min | 23:44 | 48 min | 26 Nov |
| Kolkata | 03:47 → 03:24 | 23:00 | 0 min | 23:00 | 48 min | 26 Nov |
| Singapore | 05:37 → 05:14 | 23:47 | 0 min | 23:48 | 48 min | 26 Nov |
| Sydney | 08:17 → 07:54 | 23:18 | 0 min | 23:18 | 48 min | 26 Nov |
| Suva | 10:17 → 09:54 | 23:29 | 0 min | 23:29 | 48 min | 26 Nov |