Night of Thursday 19 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 23:02 23:50 niśītha ends
22:1422:3823:0223:2623:5000:1400:38
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1922
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Amāvasyā reaches niśītha on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 19 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 20 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 01:15 on Fri 20 Oct to 21:40 on Fri 20 Oct.
1922-10-19T17:15:13Z → 1922-10-20T13:39:54Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:02–23:50 on the 19th, 23:01–23:49 on the 20th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 4889 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1922: Thursday 19 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1922 falls on Thursday 19 October. Amāvasyā runs from 01:15 on Fri 20 Oct to 21:40 on Fri 20 Oct, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 19 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 19 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 19 Oct |
| 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 19th | Covered | Niśītha 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:15 → 05:40 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:15 → 07:40 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:15 → 08:40 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 13:15 → 09:40 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 17:15 → 13:40 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Durban | 19:15 → 15:40 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Dubai | 21:15 → 17:40 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Delhi | 22:45 → 19:10 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 22:45 → 19:10 | 22:58 | 48 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:15 → 20:40 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:15 → 23:40 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 24 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 05:15 → 01:40 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 20 Oct |