Night of Monday 27 October
Qualifies with 21 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:36 00:24 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 00:02:55
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12
21 of 48 minutes covered, the last 21
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2008
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both nights qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 27 October
Qualifies with 21 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
21 of 48 minutes covered, the last 21
Night of Tuesday 28 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 00:03 on Tue 28 Oct to 01:14 on Wed 29 Oct.
2008-10-27T22:02:56Z → 2008-10-28T23:13:51Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:36–00:24 on the 27th, 23:36–00:24 on the 28th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 21 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1251 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Bucharest, 2008: Tuesday 28 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Kālī Pūjā 2008 falls on Tuesday 28 October. Amāvasyā runs from 00:03 on Tue 28 Oct to 01:14 on Wed 29 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 21 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 28 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 28 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 28 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 27th | Covered | Niśītha 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:03 → 16:14 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Chicago | 17:03 → 18:14 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Jersey City | 18:03 → 19:14 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 18:03 → 19:14 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| London | 22:03 → 23:14 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Durban | 00:03 → 01:14 | 23:15 | 1 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Dubai | 02:03 → 03:14 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:33 → 04:44 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:33 → 04:44 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:56 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 06:03 → 07:14 | 00:24 | 0 min | 00:24 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 09:03 → 10:14 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Suva | 10:03 → 11:14 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 28 Oct |