Night of Friday 23 October
Qualifies with 14 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:11 23:59 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:44:54
22:2322:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:47
14 of 48 minutes covered, the last 14
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1908
Boundaryin Chicago, 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 Friday 23 October
Qualifies with 14 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
14 of 48 minutes covered, the last 14
Night of Saturday 24 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:45 on Fri 23 Oct to 00:46 on Sun 25 Oct.
1908-10-24T05:44:55Z → 1908-10-25T06:46:19Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:11–23:59 on the 23rd, 23:11–23:59 on the 24th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 14 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.
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 863 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Chicago, 1908: Saturday 24 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Chicago, Kālī Pūjā 1908 falls on Saturday 24 October. Amāvasyā runs from 23:45 on Fri 23 Oct to 00:46 on Sun 25 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 14 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 | Sat 24 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 24 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 24 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago. | ||
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 24th | Covered | Niśītha 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:45 → 22:46 | 23:13 | 0 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:45 → 00:46 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:45 → 01:46 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:45 → 02:46 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| London | 05:45 → 06:46 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Durban | 07:45 → 08:46 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:26 → 10:27 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:20 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Delhi | 11:15 → 12:16 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Kolkata | 11:15 → 12:16 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:45 → 13:46 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:25 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:45 → 16:46 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Suva | 17:40 → 18:41 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 24 Oct |