Night of Wednesday 3 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:26 00:14 niśītha ends
22:3823:0223:2623:5000:1400:3801:02
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2055
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 49 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 3 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 4 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
46 of 48 minutes covered, the first 46
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 22:00 on Wed 3 Nov to 00:12 on Fri 5 Nov.
2055-11-03T10:00:15Z → 2055-11-04T12:12:00Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:26–00:14 on the 3rd, 23:26–00:14 on the 4th.
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 3rd and 46 of 48 on the 4th.
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 109 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Suva, 2055: Thursday 4 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Suva, Rāsayātrā 2055 falls on Thursday 4 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:00 on Wed 3 Nov to 00:12 on Fri 5 Nov and covers 46 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 1 min 49 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 4 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 4 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 4 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 3rd | Covered | Niśītha 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:00 → 05:12 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 05:00 → 07:12 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Jersey City | 06:00 → 08:12 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 06:00 → 08:12 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| London | 10:00 → 12:12 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Durban | 12:00 → 14:12 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Dubai | 14:00 → 16:12 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:30 → 17:42 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:30 → 17:42 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Singapore | 18:00 → 20:12 | 00:24 | 48 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Sydney | 21:00 → 23:12 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Suva | 22:00 → 00:12 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 46 min | 4 Nov |