Night of Friday 30 October
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:33 01:21 niśītha ends
23:4500:0900:3300:5701:2101:4502:09
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1925
Boundaryin Xining, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 29 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 30 October
Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 31 October
Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 02:22 on Sat 31 Oct to 01:16 on Sun 1 Nov.
1925-10-30T18:21:42Z → 1925-10-31T17:16:27Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:33–01:21 on the 30th, 00:33–01:21 on the 31st.
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 30th and 44 of 48 on the 31st.
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 269 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāsayātrā, Xining, 1925: Saturday 31 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Xining, Rāsayātrā 1925 falls on Saturday 31 October. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:22 on Sat 31 Oct to 01:16 on Sun 1 Nov and covers 44 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 4 min 29 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 31 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 31 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 31 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Xining. | ||
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 30th | Covered | Niśītha 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:22 → 09:16 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:22 → 11:16 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:22 → 12:16 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:22 → 13:16 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| London | 18:22 → 17:16 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Durban | 20:22 → 19:16 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:22 → 21:16 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Delhi | 23:52 → 22:46 | 23:41 | 37 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Kolkata | 23:52 → 22:46 | 22:56 | 0 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:22 → 00:16 | 23:24 | 0 min | 23:24 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:22 → 03:16 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Suva | 06:22 → 05:16 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 31 Oct |