how long after being raised can a brother be exalted into the royal arch under GLI

A Master Mason may join a Royal Arch Chapter four weeks after being raised, as recorded on the Grand Lodge of India's website.

A brother must be a Master Mason of at least four weeks standing before he can be exalted into the Royal Arch, as stated by the United Grand Lodge of England 1. Historically, admission in England was restricted to Past Masters, which gave rise to the practice of Passing the Chair so that brethren who had not served as Master of a lodge could qualify 1.

Wilmshurst takes the requirement of Master Mason standing to reflect a spiritual necessity, arguing that one cannot experience what lies beyond mystical death without first undergoing that death itself 2. Although the Royal Arch was once part of the Third Degree and later detached to avoid an inconveniently long rite, it remains its natural conclusion and fulfillment 2.

A Master Mason raised under a Grand Lodge recognised by the United Grand Lodge of England must be of at least four weeks' standing before he may be exalted into the Royal Arch under the Supreme Grand Chapter of England, the same interval required for those raised under UGLE itself, as stated on the United Grand Lodge of England's website.

Wilmshurst notes that Master Mason standing is a prerequisite for reception into a Chapter 2. He interprets this requirement as a spiritual necessity, arguing that the Royal Arch ceremony of exaltation represents a higher, illimitable state of consciousness that naturally builds upon the candidate's prior experience of mystical death and revival in the Third Degree 2.