Night of Tuesday 17 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:37 00:25 niśītha ends
22:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:4901:13
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1933
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 439 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 17 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 18 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 09:50 on Wed 18 Oct to 07:45 on Thu 19 Oct.
1933-10-18T07:49:52Z → 1933-10-19T05:44:37Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:37–00:25 on the 17th, 23:37–00:25 on the 18th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26368 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Bucharest, 1933: Wednesday 18 October.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Kālī Pūjā 1933 falls on Wednesday 18 October. Amāvasyā runs from 09:50 on Wed 18 Oct to 07:45 on Thu 19 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 18 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 18 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 18 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Amāvasyā | Niśītha 18th | Covered | Niśītha 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:50 → 21:45 | 23:14 | 0 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Chicago | 01:50 → 23:45 | 23:12 | 33 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:50 → 00:45 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:50 → 01:45 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| London | 07:50 → 05:45 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Durban | 09:50 → 07:45 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:50 → 09:45 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:20 → 11:15 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:20 → 11:15 | 22:58 | 48 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:10 → 13:05 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:50 → 15:45 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Suva | 19:50 → 17:45 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 18 Oct |