Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1981

Tuesday 27 October

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 167 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Monday 26 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:46  00:34 niśītha ends
22:5823:2223:4600:1000:3400:5801:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 27 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:46  00:34 niśītha ends
22:5823:2223:4600:1000:3400:5801:22

48 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 03:20 on Tue 27 Oct to 05:13 on Wed 28 Oct.

    1981-10-26T18:20:22Z → 1981-10-27T20:13:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:46–00:34 on the 26th, 23:46–00:34 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9990 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daegu, 1981: Tuesday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Kālī Pūjā 1981 falls on Tuesday 27 October. Amāvasyā runs from 03:20 on Tue 27 Oct to 05:13 on Wed 28 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1981/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 26thCoveredNiśītha 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:20 → 12:1323:1348 min23:130 min26 Oct
Chicago12:20 → 14:1323:1148 min23:110 min26 Oct
Jersey City13:20 → 15:1323:1748 min23:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain14:20 → 16:1323:2648 min23:260 min26 Oct
London18:20 → 20:1323:2148 min23:210 min26 Oct
Durban20:20 → 22:1323:1648 min23:160 min26 Oct
Dubai22:20 → 00:1323:3948 min23:3934 min26 Oct
Delhi23:50 → 01:4323:4139 min23:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata23:50 → 01:4322:570 min22:5748 min27 Oct
Singapore01:50 → 03:4323:550 min23:5448 min27 Oct
Sydney05:20 → 07:1300:150 min00:1548 min27 Oct
Suva06:20 → 08:1323:260 min23:2648 min27 Oct
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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