Night of Thursday 20 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 23:37 00:25 niśītha ends
22:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:4901:13
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1949
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Amāvasyā reaches niśītha on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 20 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 21 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 03:07 on Fri 21 Oct to 23:23 on Fri 21 Oct.
1949-10-21T01:07:03Z → 1949-10-21T21:22:47Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:37–00:25 on the 20th, 23:37–00:25 on the 21st.
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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 829 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Bucharest, 1949: Thursday 20 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Bucharest, Kālī Pūjā 1949 falls on Thursday 20 October. Amāvasyā runs from 03:07 on Fri 21 Oct to 23:23 on Fri 21 Oct, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 20 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 21st | Covered | Niśītha 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:07 → 13:23 | 23:14 | 0 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Chicago | 19:07 → 15:23 | 23:12 | 0 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Jersey City | 20:07 → 16:23 | 23:17 | 0 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 21:07 → 17:23 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 02:07 → 22:23 | 00:22 | 0 min | 00:22 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 03:07 → 23:23 | 23:16 | 6 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Dubai | 05:07 → 01:23 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Delhi | 06:37 → 02:53 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Kolkata | 06:37 → 02:53 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Singapore | 08:37 → 04:53 | 23:55 | 48 min | 23:55 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Sydney | 11:07 → 07:23 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Suva | 13:07 → 09:23 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 21 Oct |