Night of Tuesday 4 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:15 01:03 niśītha ends
23:2723:5100:1500:3901:0301:2701:51
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2025
Boundaryin Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 44 s away. Say “contested”.
Decide it for
33°52′ S 151°12′ E · Australia/Sydney · GeoNames 2147714
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 4 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 5 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
5 of 48 minutes covered, the first 5
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 04:07 on Wed 5 Nov to 00:19 on Thu 6 Nov.
2025-11-04T17:06:47Z → 2025-11-05T13:19:18Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:15–01:03 on the 4th, 00:15–01:03 on the 5th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 5 of 48 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 284 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Sydney, 2025: Wednesday 5 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Sydney, Rāsayātrā 2025 falls on Wednesday 5 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:07 on Wed 5 Nov to 00:19 on Thu 6 Nov and covers 5 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 4 min 44 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 5 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 5 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 5 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Sydney. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Niśītha 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:07 → 05:19 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Chicago | 11:07 → 07:19 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Jersey City | 12:07 → 08:19 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 13:07 → 09:19 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| London | 17:07 → 13:19 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Durban | 19:07 → 15:19 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:07 → 17:19 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:37 → 18:49 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:37 → 18:49 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 01:07 → 21:19 | 00:24 | 5 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:07 → 00:19 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 5 min | 5 Nov |
| Suva | 05:07 → 01:19 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 5 Nov |