Night of Thursday 29 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:29 00:17 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 00:45:06
22:4123:0523:2923:5300:1700:4101:05
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2001
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 44 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 29 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 30 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:45 on Fri 30 Nov to 00:19 on Sat 1 Dec.
2001-11-29T21:15:07Z → 2001-11-30T20:49:03Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:29–00:17 on the 29th, 23:29–00:17 on the 30th.
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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.
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 104 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Tehran, 2001: Friday 30 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Tehran, Rāsayātrā 2001 falls on Friday 30 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:45 on Fri 30 Nov to 00:19 on Sat 1 Dec and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 1 min 44 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 30 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 30 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 30 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 29th | Covered | Niśītha 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:15 → 12:49 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Chicago | 15:15 → 14:49 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Jersey City | 16:15 → 15:49 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 17:15 → 16:49 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| London | 21:15 → 20:49 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Durban | 23:15 → 22:49 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Dubai | 01:15 → 00:49 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:44 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:45 → 02:19 | 23:46 | 0 min | 23:46 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:45 → 02:19 | 23:01 | 0 min | 23:01 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Singapore | 05:15 → 04:49 | 00:29 | 0 min | 00:29 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Sydney | 08:15 → 07:49 | 00:19 | 0 min | 00:20 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Suva | 09:15 → 08:49 | 23:31 | 0 min | 23:31 | 48 min | 30 Nov |