Night of Sunday 1 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:58 00:46 niśītha ends
23:1023:3423:5800:2200:4601:1001:34
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2009
Boundaryin Thāne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 56 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 1 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 2 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
46 of 48 minutes covered, the first 46
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 01:53 on Mon 2 Nov to 00:44 on Tue 3 Nov.
2009-11-01T20:23:04Z → 2009-11-02T19:13:55Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:58–00:46 on the 1st, 23:58–00:46 on the 2nd.
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 1st and 46 of 48 on the 2nd.
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 116 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Thāne, 2009: Monday 2 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Thāne, Rāsayātrā 2009 falls on Monday 2 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:53 on Mon 2 Nov to 00:44 on Tue 3 Nov and covers 46 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 1 min 56 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 2 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 2 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 2 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 1st | Covered | Niśītha 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:23 → 11:14 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Chicago | 14:23 → 13:14 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Jersey City | 15:23 → 14:14 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 16:23 → 15:14 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| London | 20:23 → 19:14 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Durban | 22:23 → 21:14 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Dubai | 00:23 → 23:14 | 23:39 | 3 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Delhi | 01:53 → 00:44 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 2 Nov |
| Kolkata | 01:53 → 00:44 | 22:56 | 0 min | 22:56 | 48 min | 2 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:23 → 03:14 | 00:24 | 0 min | 00:24 | 48 min | 2 Nov |
| Sydney | 07:23 → 06:14 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 2 Nov |
| Suva | 08:23 → 07:14 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 2 Nov |