Night of Tuesday 10 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
niśītha begins 23:13 00:01 niśītha ends
22:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:49
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2015
Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both nights qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
Decide it for
22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 10 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 11 November
Qualifies with 34 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
34 of 48 minutes covered, the first 34
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 21:53 on Tue 10 Nov to 23:47 on Wed 11 Nov.
2015-11-10T15:53:21Z → 2015-11-11T17:47:08Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:13–00:01 on the 10th, 23:13–00:01 on the 11th.
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 10th and 34 of 48 on the 11th.
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 821 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Chattogram, 2015: Tuesday 10 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Chattogram, Kālī Pūjā 2015 falls on Tuesday 10 November. Amāvasyā runs from 21:53 on Tue 10 Nov to 23:47 on Wed 11 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 34 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 10 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 10 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 10 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
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 10th | Covered | Niśītha 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:53 → 09:47 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Chicago | 09:53 → 11:47 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Jersey City | 10:53 → 12:47 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 11:53 → 13:47 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| London | 15:53 → 17:47 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Durban | 17:53 → 19:47 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Dubai | 19:53 → 21:47 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Delhi | 21:23 → 23:17 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Kolkata | 21:23 → 23:17 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 20 min | 10 Nov |
| Singapore | 23:53 → 01:47 | 00:25 | 48 min | 00:25 | 48 min | 10 Nov |
| Sydney | 02:53 → 04:47 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 11 Nov |
| Suva | 04:53 → 06:47 | 00:26 | 0 min | 00:26 | 48 min | 11 Nov |