Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1909

Friday 12 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 498 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 Thursday 11 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:00  23:48 niśītha ends
22:1222:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 12 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:01  23:49 niśītha ends
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37

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 08:07 on Fri 12 Nov to 10:18 on Sat 13 Nov.

    1909-11-12T00:06:47Z → 1909-11-13T02:18:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 11th, 23:01–23:49 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 29897 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1909: Friday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1909 falls on Friday 12 November. Amāvasyā runs from 08:07 on Fri 12 Nov to 10:18 on Sat 13 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1909/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 12 Nov
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 12thCoveredNiśītha 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:07 → 18:1823:140 min23:140 min11 Nov
Chicago18:07 → 20:1823:110 min23:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City19:07 → 21:1823:170 min23:170 min11 Nov
Port of Spain20:07 → 22:1823:260 min23:270 min11 Nov
London00:07 → 02:1823:2148 min23:210 min12 Nov
Durban02:07 → 04:1823:1648 min23:160 min12 Nov
Dubai03:48 → 05:5923:2048 min23:200 min12 Nov
Delhi05:37 → 07:4823:4148 min23:420 min12 Nov
Kolkata05:37 → 07:4822:5748 min22:570 min12 Nov
Singapore07:07 → 09:1823:2548 min23:250 min12 Nov
Sydney10:07 → 12:1823:1548 min23:150 min12 Nov
Suva12:02 → 14:1323:2148 min23:220 min12 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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