Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2016

Saturday 29 October

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 237 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 Saturday 29 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 00:36  01:24 niśītha ends
23:4800:1200:3601:0001:2401:4802:12

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 30 October

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 18:10 on Sat 29 Oct to 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct.

    2016-10-29T15:10:19Z → 2016-10-30T17:38:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:36–01:24 on the 29th, 23:36–00:24 on the 30th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 14245 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Bucharest, 2016: Saturday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Kālī Pūjā 2016 falls on Saturday 29 October. Amāvasyā runs from 18:10 on Sat 29 Oct to 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2016/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 Oct
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 29thCoveredNiśītha 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:10 → 10:3800:1348 min00:130 min29 Oct
Chicago10:10 → 12:3800:1148 min00:110 min29 Oct
Jersey City11:10 → 13:3800:1648 min00:160 min29 Oct
Port of Spain11:10 → 13:3823:2648 min23:260 min29 Oct
London16:10 → 17:3800:2148 min23:210 min29 Oct
Durban17:10 → 19:3823:1548 min23:150 min29 Oct
Dubai19:10 → 21:3823:3948 min23:390 min29 Oct
Delhi20:40 → 23:0823:4148 min23:410 min29 Oct
Kolkata20:40 → 23:0822:5648 min22:5612 min29 Oct
Singapore23:10 → 01:3800:2448 min00:2448 min29 Oct
Sydney02:10 → 04:3800:150 min00:1548 min30 Oct
Suva03:10 → 05:3823:260 min23:2648 min30 Oct
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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