Night of Tuesday 9 November
Qualifies with 40 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:00 23:48 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:08:07
22:1222:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:36
40 of 48 minutes covered, the last 40
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1920
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both nights qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 9 November
Qualifies with 40 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
40 of 48 minutes covered, the last 40
Night of Wednesday 10 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:08 on Tue 9 Nov to 00:05 on Thu 11 Nov.
1920-11-09T15:08:08Z → 1920-11-10T16:04:48Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 9th, 23:00–23:48 on the 10th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 40 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 468 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1920: Wednesday 10 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1920 falls on Wednesday 10 November. Amāvasyā runs from 23:08 on Tue 9 Nov to 00:05 on Thu 11 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 40 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 10 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 10 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 10 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Niśītha 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:08 → 08:05 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Chicago | 09:08 → 10:05 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Jersey City | 10:08 → 11:05 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 11:08 → 12:05 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| London | 15:08 → 16:05 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Durban | 17:08 → 18:05 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Dubai | 19:08 → 20:05 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 20:38 → 21:35 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 20:38 → 21:35 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 22:08 → 23:05 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:25 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 01:08 → 02:05 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 10 Nov |
| Suva | 03:08 → 04:05 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 10 Nov |