Night of Wednesday 22 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
niśītha begins 00:36 01:24 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 00:05:03
23:4800:1200:3601:0001:2401:4802:12
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2014
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 Wednesday 22 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 23 October
Qualifies with 20 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
20 of 48 minutes covered, the first 20
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 00:05 on Thu 23 Oct to 00:57 on Fri 24 Oct.
2014-10-22T21:05:04Z → 2014-10-23T21:56:40Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:36–01:24 on the 22nd, 00:36–01:24 on the 23rd.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 20 of 48 on the 23rd.
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 1224 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Bucharest, 2014: Wednesday 22 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Kālī Pūjā 2014 falls on Wednesday 22 October. Amāvasyā runs from 00:05 on Thu 23 Oct to 00:57 on Fri 24 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 20 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 | Wed 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 22 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 22nd | Covered | Niśītha 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:05 → 14:57 | 00:14 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:05 → 16:57 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:05 → 17:57 | 00:17 | 48 min | 00:17 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:05 → 17:57 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 22:05 → 22:57 | 00:21 | 48 min | 00:21 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 23:05 → 23:57 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 41 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:05 → 01:57 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Delhi | 02:35 → 03:27 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Kolkata | 02:35 → 03:27 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:57 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 05:05 → 05:57 | 00:25 | 0 min | 00:25 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:05 → 08:57 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 09:05 → 09:57 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 23 Oct |