Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2012

Tuesday 13 November

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 394 minutes.

Decide it for

35°52′ N 128°36′ E · Asia/Seoul · GeoNames 1835329

The two nights

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

Night of Monday 12 November

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 13 November

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 10:44 on Tue 13 Nov to 07:08 on Wed 14 Nov.

    2012-11-13T01:43:44Z → 2012-11-13T22:08:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:46–00:34 on the 12th, 23:46–00:34 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 23628 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daegu, 2012: Tuesday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Kālī Pūjā 2012 falls on Tuesday 13 November. Amāvasyā runs from 10:44 on Tue 13 Nov to 07:08 on Wed 14 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2012/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 13 Nov
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 13thCoveredNiśītha 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:44 → 14:0823:140 min23:140 min12 Nov
Chicago19:44 → 16:0823:110 min23:120 min12 Nov
Jersey City20:44 → 17:0823:170 min23:170 min12 Nov
Port of Spain21:44 → 18:0823:270 min23:270 min12 Nov
London01:44 → 22:0823:210 min23:220 min12 Nov
Durban03:44 → 00:0823:1648 min23:160 min13 Nov
Dubai05:44 → 02:0823:3948 min23:390 min13 Nov
Delhi07:14 → 03:3823:4248 min23:420 min13 Nov
Kolkata07:14 → 03:3822:5748 min22:570 min13 Nov
Singapore09:44 → 06:0800:2548 min00:250 min13 Nov
Sydney12:44 → 09:0800:1548 min00:160 min13 Nov
Suva14:44 → 11:0800:2748 min00:270 min13 Nov
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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