Night of Wednesday 3 November
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 23:15 00:03 niśītha ends
22:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:51
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2021
Boundaryin Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Amāvasyā reaches niśītha on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 3 November
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 4 November
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 02:34 on Thu 4 Nov to 23:15 on Thu 4 Nov.
2021-11-04T00:33:42Z → 2021-11-04T21:14:37Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:15–00:03 on the 3rd, 23:15–00:03 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 0 of 48 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 10 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Cairo, 2021: Wednesday 3 November.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Cairo, Kālī Pūjā 2021 falls on Wednesday 3 November. Amāvasyā runs from 02:34 on Thu 4 Nov to 23:15 on Thu 4 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 0 min 10 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 3 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 3 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 4 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo. | ||
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 | 17:34 → 14:15 | 00:13 | 0 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:34 → 16:15 | 00:11 | 0 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:34 → 17:15 | 00:16 | 0 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 20:34 → 17:15 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| London | 00:34 → 21:15 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Durban | 02:34 → 23:15 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Dubai | 04:34 → 01:15 | 23:38 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:04 → 02:45 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:04 → 02:45 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 08:34 → 05:15 | 00:24 | 48 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 11:34 → 08:15 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Suva | 12:34 → 09:15 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |