Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1956

Saturday 17 November

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 601 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 Friday 16 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:25  00:13 niśītha ends
22:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:3701:01

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 17 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:26  00:14 niśītha ends
22:3823:0223:2623:5000:1400:3801:02

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 11:45 on Sat 17 Nov to 10:15 on Sun 18 Nov.

    1956-11-17T08:15:03Z → 1956-11-18T06:44:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:25–00:13 on the 16th, 23:26–00:14 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 36056 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Tehran, 1956: Saturday 17 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Rāsayātrā 1956 falls on Saturday 17 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:45 on Sat 17 Nov to 10:15 on Sun 18 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/1956/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 17thCoveredNiśītha 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:15 → 22:4523:140 min23:150 min17 Nov
Chicago02:15 → 00:4523:1248 min23:120 min17 Nov
Jersey City03:15 → 01:4523:1848 min23:180 min17 Nov
Port of Spain04:15 → 02:4523:2748 min23:280 min17 Nov
London08:15 → 06:4523:2248 min23:220 min17 Nov
Durban10:15 → 08:4523:1748 min23:170 min17 Nov
Dubai12:15 → 10:4523:4048 min23:400 min17 Nov
Delhi13:45 → 12:1523:4248 min23:430 min17 Nov
Kolkata13:45 → 12:1522:5848 min22:580 min17 Nov
Singapore15:45 → 14:1523:5648 min23:560 min17 Nov
Sydney18:15 → 16:4523:1648 min23:160 min17 Nov
Suva20:15 → 18:4523:2748 min23:270 min17 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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