Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2048

Thursday 19 November

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 517 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 Thursday 19 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

Night of Friday 20 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

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

0 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 12:58 on Thu 19 Nov to 14:50 on Fri 20 Nov.

    2048-11-19T09:27:53Z → 2048-11-20T11:19:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:26–00:14 on the 19th, 23:26–00:14 on the 20th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 31007 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Tehran, 2048: Thursday 19 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Rāsayātrā 2048 falls on Thursday 19 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:58 on Thu 19 Nov to 14:50 on Fri 20 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2048/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 19thCoveredNiśītha 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:28 → 03:2023:1548 min23:150 min19 Nov
Chicago03:28 → 05:2023:1348 min23:130 min19 Nov
Jersey City04:28 → 06:2023:1848 min23:190 min19 Nov
Port of Spain05:28 → 07:2023:2848 min23:280 min19 Nov
London09:28 → 11:2023:2348 min23:230 min19 Nov
Durban11:28 → 13:2023:1748 min23:180 min19 Nov
Dubai13:28 → 15:2023:4148 min23:410 min19 Nov
Delhi14:58 → 16:5023:4348 min23:430 min19 Nov
Kolkata14:58 → 16:5022:5848 min22:590 min19 Nov
Singapore17:28 → 19:2000:2648 min00:260 min19 Nov
Sydney20:28 → 22:2000:1748 min00:170 min19 Nov
Suva21:28 → 23:2023:2848 min23:280 min19 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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