Night of Thursday 2 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:37 01:25 niśītha ends
23:4900:1300:3701:0101:2501:4902:13
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 2017
Boundaryin Toronto, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 35 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 2 November
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 3 November
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the first 45
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 04:17 on Fri 3 Nov to 01:23 on Sat 4 Nov.
2017-11-03T08:17:05Z → 2017-11-04T05:22:54Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:37–01:25 on the 2nd, 00:37–01:25 on the 3rd.
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 2nd and 45 of 48 on the 3rd.
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 155 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Toronto, 2017: Friday 3 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Toronto, Rāsayātrā 2017 falls on Friday 3 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:17 on Fri 3 Nov to 01:23 on Sat 4 Nov and covers 45 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 2 min 35 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 3 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 3 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 3 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Toronto. | ||
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 3rd | Covered | Niśītha 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:17 → 22:23 | 00:13 | 0 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 03:17 → 00:23 | 00:11 | 12 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Jersey City | 04:17 → 01:23 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 04:17 → 01:23 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| London | 08:17 → 05:23 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Durban | 10:17 → 07:23 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Dubai | 12:17 → 09:23 | 23:38 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Delhi | 13:47 → 10:53 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Kolkata | 13:47 → 10:53 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Singapore | 16:17 → 13:23 | 00:24 | 48 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Sydney | 19:17 → 16:23 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Suva | 20:17 → 17:23 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 3 Nov |