Night of Thursday 3 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
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1983
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 25 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 3 November
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 4 November
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
46 of 48 minutes covered, the first 46
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 02:11 on Fri 4 Nov to 00:21 on Sat 5 Nov.
1983-11-04T00:10:57Z → 1983-11-04T22:21:07Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:36–00:24 on the 3rd, 23:36–00:24 on the 4th.
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 3rd and 46 of 48 on the 4th.
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 145 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Bucharest, 1983: Friday 4 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Kālī Pūjā 1983 falls on Friday 4 November. Amāvasyā runs from 02:11 on Fri 4 Nov to 00:21 on Sat 5 Nov and covers 46 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 2 min 25 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 4 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 4 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 4 Nov |
| 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 4th | Covered | Niśītha 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:11 → 14:21 | 23:13 | 0 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 18:11 → 16:21 | 23:11 | 0 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Jersey City | 19:11 → 17:21 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 20:11 → 18:21 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| London | 00:11 → 22:21 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Durban | 02:11 → 00:21 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 04:11 → 02:21 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 05:41 → 03:51 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 05:41 → 03:51 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 08:11 → 06:21 | 00:24 | 48 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 11:11 → 09:21 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Suva | 12:11 → 10:21 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |