Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2013

Saturday 16 November

Determinatein Thāne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 194 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 Saturday 16 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:59  00:47 niśītha ends
23:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:1101:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 17 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:59  00:47 niśītha ends
23:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:1101:35

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 19:43 on Sat 16 Nov to 20:46 on Sun 17 Nov.

    2013-11-16T14:12:57Z → 2013-11-17T15:15:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:59–00:47 on the 16th, 23:59–00:47 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 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 11614 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Thāne, 2013: Saturday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Thāne, Rāsayātrā 2013 falls on Saturday 16 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:43 on Sat 16 Nov to 20:46 on Sun 17 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/thane/festivals/2013/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Thāne.

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 16thCoveredNiśītha 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:13 → 07:1623:1448 min23:140 min16 Nov
Chicago08:13 → 09:1623:1248 min23:120 min16 Nov
Jersey City09:13 → 10:1623:1848 min23:180 min16 Nov
Port of Spain10:13 → 11:1623:2748 min23:270 min16 Nov
London14:13 → 15:1623:2248 min23:220 min16 Nov
Durban16:13 → 17:1623:1748 min23:170 min16 Nov
Dubai18:13 → 19:1623:4048 min23:400 min16 Nov
Delhi19:43 → 20:4623:4248 min23:420 min16 Nov
Kolkata19:43 → 20:4622:5848 min22:580 min16 Nov
Singapore22:13 → 23:1600:2548 min00:260 min16 Nov
Sydney01:13 → 02:1600:160 min00:1648 min17 Nov
Suva03:13 → 04:1600:270 min00:2748 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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