Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2064

Friday 7 November

Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Amāvasyā reaches niśītha on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

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 Friday 7 November

Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.

niśītha begins 23:36  00:24 niśītha ends
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 8 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 01:30 on Sat 8 Nov to 21:46 on Sat 8 Nov.

    2064-11-07T23:30:20Z → 2064-11-08T19:45:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:36–00:24 on the 7th, 23:36–00:24 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither night qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 3993 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Bucharest, 2064: Friday 7 November.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Kālī Pūjā 2064 falls on Friday 7 November. Amāvasyā runs from 01:30 on Sat 8 Nov to 21:46 on Sat 8 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2064/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 Nov
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 7thCoveredNiśītha 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:30 → 11:4623:1348 min23:130 min7 Nov
Chicago17:30 → 13:4623:1148 min23:110 min7 Nov
Jersey City18:30 → 14:4623:1648 min23:170 min7 Nov
Port of Spain19:30 → 15:4623:2648 min23:260 min7 Nov
London23:30 → 19:4623:2139 min23:210 min7 Nov
Durban01:30 → 21:4623:160 min23:160 min7 Nov
Dubai03:30 → 23:4623:390 min23:397 min8 Nov
Delhi05:00 → 01:1623:410 min23:4148 min8 Nov
Kolkata05:00 → 01:1622:570 min22:5748 min8 Nov
Singapore07:30 → 03:4600:240 min00:2548 min8 Nov
Sydney10:30 → 06:4600:150 min00:1548 min8 Nov
Suva11:30 → 07:4623:260 min23:2648 min8 Nov
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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