Night of Saturday 15 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:27 00:15 niśītha ends
22:3923:0323:2723:5100:1500:3901:03
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1986
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 25 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Saturday 15 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 16 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the first 45
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 22:23 on Sat 15 Nov to 00:12 on Mon 17 Nov.
1986-11-15T10:23:10Z → 1986-11-16T12:11:33Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:27–00:15 on the 15th, 23:27–00:15 on the 16th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 45 of 48 on the 16th.
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 205 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Suva, 1986: Sunday 16 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Suva, Rāsayātrā 1986 falls on Sunday 16 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:23 on Sat 15 Nov to 00:12 on Mon 17 Nov and covers 45 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 3 min 25 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 16 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 16 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 16 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 15th | Covered | Niśītha 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:23 → 04:12 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Chicago | 04:23 → 06:12 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Jersey City | 05:23 → 07:12 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 06:23 → 08:12 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| London | 10:23 → 12:12 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Durban | 12:23 → 14:12 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Dubai | 14:23 → 16:12 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:53 → 17:42 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:53 → 17:42 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Singapore | 18:23 → 20:12 | 00:25 | 48 min | 00:25 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Sydney | 21:23 → 23:12 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Suva | 22:23 → 00:12 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 45 min | 16 Nov |