Night of Monday 15 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:59 00:47 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā begins 23:32:30
23:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:1101:35
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1948
Boundaryin Thāne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 14 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 15 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 16 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the first 2
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:33 on Mon 15 Nov to 00:01 on Wed 17 Nov.
1948-11-15T18:02:30Z → 1948-11-16T18:31:22Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:59–00:47 on the 15th, 23:59–00:47 on the 16th.
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 15th and 2 of 48 on the 16th.
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 134 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Thāne, 1948: Tuesday 16 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Thāne, Rāsayātrā 1948 falls on Tuesday 16 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:33 on Mon 15 Nov to 00:01 on Wed 17 Nov and covers 2 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 2 min 14 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 16 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 16 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 16 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Thāne. | ||
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 15th | Covered | Niśītha 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:03 → 11:31 | 00:14 | 48 min | 00:14 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Chicago | 12:03 → 12:31 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Jersey City | 13:03 → 13:31 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 14:03 → 14:31 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| London | 18:03 → 18:31 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Durban | 20:03 → 20:31 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Dubai | 22:03 → 22:31 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 15 Nov |
| Delhi | 23:33 → 00:01 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 19 min | 16 Nov |
| Kolkata | 23:33 → 00:01 | 22:57 | 13 min | 22:58 | 48 min | 16 Nov |
| Singapore | 01:33 → 02:01 | 23:55 | 0 min | 23:55 | 48 min | 16 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:03 → 04:31 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 48 min | 16 Nov |
| Suva | 06:03 → 06:31 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 16 Nov |