Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1900

Monday 22 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 94 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two nights

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

Night of Monday 22 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:06  23:54 niśītha ends
22:1822:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:42

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 23 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:06  23:54 niśītha ends
22:1822:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:42

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 19:06 on Mon 22 Oct to 21:32 on Tue 23 Oct.

    1900-10-22T11:01:28Z → 1900-10-23T13:27:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:06–23:54 on the 22nd, 23:06–23:54 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 5619 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1900: Monday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1900 falls on Monday 22 October. Amāvasyā runs from 19:06 on Mon 22 Oct to 21:32 on Tue 23 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1900/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 22ndCoveredNiśītha 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:01 → 05:2723:1448 min23:140 min22 Oct
Chicago05:01 → 07:2723:1148 min23:110 min22 Oct
Jersey City06:01 → 08:2723:1748 min23:170 min22 Oct
Port of Spain07:01 → 09:2723:2748 min23:260 min22 Oct
London11:01 → 13:2723:2248 min23:210 min22 Oct
Durban12:31 → 14:5722:4648 min22:460 min22 Oct
Dubai14:42 → 17:0823:2048 min23:200 min22 Oct
Delhi16:22 → 18:4823:3348 min23:330 min22 Oct
Kolkata16:22 → 18:4822:4848 min22:480 min22 Oct
Singapore17:56 → 20:2223:2048 min23:200 min22 Oct
Sydney21:01 → 23:2723:1648 min23:1512 min22 Oct
Suva22:56 → 01:2223:2248 min23:2248 min22 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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