Night of Wednesday 3 November
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
niśītha begins 00:29 01:17 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 00:33:41
23:4100:0500:2900:5301:1701:4102:05
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2021
Boundaryin Dakar, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 16 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 3 November
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Night of Thursday 4 November
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 00:34 on Thu 4 Nov to 21:15 on Thu 4 Nov.
2021-11-04T00:33:42Z → 2021-11-04T21:14:37Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:29–01:17 on the 3rd, 00:29–01:17 on the 4th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 44 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 256 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Dakar, 2021: Wednesday 3 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Dakar, Kālī Pūjā 2021 falls on Wednesday 3 November. Amāvasyā runs from 00:34 on Thu 4 Nov to 21:15 on Thu 4 Nov and covers 44 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 4 min 16 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 3 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 3 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 3 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Dakar. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Niśītha 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:34 → 14:15 | 00:13 | 0 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:34 → 16:15 | 00:11 | 0 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:34 → 17:15 | 00:16 | 0 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 20:34 → 17:15 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| London | 00:34 → 21:15 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Durban | 02:34 → 23:15 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Dubai | 04:34 → 01:15 | 23:38 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:04 → 02:45 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:04 → 02:45 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 08:34 → 05:15 | 00:24 | 48 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 11:34 → 08:15 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Suva | 12:34 → 09:15 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |