Night of Saturday 7 November
Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:11 23:59 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:58:22
22:2322:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:47
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2026
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 Saturday 7 November
Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 8 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:58 on Sat 7 Nov to 01:02 on Mon 9 Nov.
2026-11-08T05:58:23Z → 2026-11-09T07:02:07Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:11–23:59 on the 7th, 23:11–23:59 on the 8th.
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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.
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 17 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Chicago, 2026: Sunday 8 November.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Chicago, Kālī Pūjā 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November. Amāvasyā runs from 23:58 on Sat 7 Nov to 01:02 on Mon 9 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 0 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 0 min 17 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 8 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 8 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 8 Nov |
| 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 8th | Covered | Niśītha 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:58 → 23:02 | 23:13 | 0 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:58 → 01:02 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:58 → 02:02 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 01:58 → 03:02 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 05:58 → 07:02 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 07:58 → 09:02 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 09:58 → 11:02 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Delhi | 11:28 → 12:32 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Kolkata | 11:28 → 12:32 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Singapore | 13:58 → 15:02 | 00:24 | 48 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Sydney | 16:58 → 18:02 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Suva | 17:58 → 19:02 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |