Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1939

Friday 10 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 570 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Thursday 9 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:36  00:24 niśītha ends
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 10 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:36  00:24 niśītha ends
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12

48 of 48 minutes covered

Amāvasyā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 11:51 on Fri 10 Nov to 09:54 on Sat 11 Nov.

    1939-11-10T09:50:51Z → 1939-11-11T07:54:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:36–00:24 on the 9th, 23:36–00:24 on the 10th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 34224 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Bucharest, 1939: Friday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Kālī Pūjā 1939 falls on Friday 10 November. Amāvasyā runs from 11:51 on Fri 10 Nov to 09:54 on Sat 11 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1939/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/kali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Amāvasyā
Kāla
Niśītha
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAmāvasyāNiśītha 10thCoveredNiśītha 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:51 → 23:5423:1341 min23:130 min10 Nov
Chicago03:51 → 01:5423:1148 min23:110 min10 Nov
Jersey City04:51 → 02:5423:1748 min23:170 min10 Nov
Port of Spain05:51 → 03:5423:2648 min23:260 min10 Nov
London10:51 → 08:5400:2148 min00:210 min10 Nov
Durban11:51 → 09:5423:1648 min23:160 min10 Nov
Dubai13:51 → 11:5423:3948 min23:390 min10 Nov
Delhi15:21 → 13:2423:4148 min23:410 min10 Nov
Kolkata15:21 → 13:2422:5748 min22:570 min10 Nov
Singapore17:11 → 15:1423:4548 min23:450 min10 Nov
Sydney19:51 → 17:5423:1548 min23:150 min10 Nov
Suva21:51 → 19:5423:2648 min23:260 min10 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kali-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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