Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1915

Saturday 6 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 230 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 Saturday 6 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 7 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 19:10 on Sat 6 Nov to 15:52 on Sun 7 Nov.

    1915-11-06T11:10:29Z → 1915-11-07T07:52:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 6th, 23:00–23:48 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 13777 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1915: Saturday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1915 falls on Saturday 6 November. Amāvasyā runs from 19:10 on Sat 6 Nov to 15:52 on Sun 7 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1915/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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 6thCoveredNiśītha 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:10 → 23:5223:1339 min23:130 min6 Nov
Chicago05:10 → 01:5223:1148 min23:110 min6 Nov
Jersey City06:10 → 02:5223:1648 min23:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain07:10 → 03:5223:2648 min23:260 min6 Nov
London11:10 → 07:5223:2148 min23:210 min6 Nov
Durban13:10 → 09:5223:1548 min23:150 min6 Nov
Dubai14:51 → 11:3323:2048 min23:200 min6 Nov
Delhi16:40 → 13:2223:4148 min23:410 min6 Nov
Kolkata16:40 → 13:2222:5648 min22:560 min6 Nov
Singapore18:10 → 14:5223:2448 min23:240 min6 Nov
Sydney21:10 → 17:5223:1548 min23:150 min6 Nov
Suva23:10 → 19:5223:2648 min23:260 min6 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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