Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2000

Thursday 26 October

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 361 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 Thursday 26 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

Night of Friday 27 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

Amāvasyā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 17:45 on Thu 26 Oct to 16:58 on Fri 27 Oct.

    2000-10-26T08:44:38Z → 2000-10-27T07:58:01Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 0 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 21669 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daegu, 2000: Thursday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Kālī Pūjā 2000 falls on Thursday 26 October. Amāvasyā runs from 17:45 on Thu 26 Oct to 16:58 on Fri 27 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2000/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 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 Angeles01:45 → 00:5800:1345 min00:130 min26 Oct
Chicago03:45 → 02:5800:1148 min00:110 min26 Oct
Jersey City04:45 → 03:5800:1748 min00:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain04:45 → 03:5823:2648 min23:260 min26 Oct
London09:45 → 08:5800:2148 min00:210 min26 Oct
Durban10:45 → 09:5823:1648 min23:160 min26 Oct
Dubai12:45 → 11:5823:3948 min23:390 min26 Oct
Delhi14:15 → 13:2823:4148 min23:410 min26 Oct
Kolkata14:15 → 13:2822:5748 min22:570 min26 Oct
Singapore16:45 → 15:5800:2548 min00:240 min26 Oct
Sydney19:45 → 18:5800:1548 min00:150 min26 Oct
Suva20:45 → 19:5823:2648 min23:260 min26 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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