Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1923

Thursday 8 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 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 Wednesday 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

Night of Thursday 8 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:00  23:48 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā ends 23:26:50
22:1222:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:36

27 of 48 minutes covered, the first 27

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 03:20 on Thu 8 Nov to 23:27 on Thu 8 Nov.

    1923-11-07T19:19:56Z → 1923-11-08T15:26:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 7th, 23:00–23:48 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 27 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 1281 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1923: Thursday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1923 falls on Thursday 8 November. Amāvasyā runs from 03:20 on Thu 8 Nov to 23:27 on Thu 8 Nov and covers 27 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1923/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 7thCoveredNiśītha 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:20 → 07:2723:1348 min23:130 min7 Nov
Chicago13:20 → 09:2723:1148 min23:110 min7 Nov
Jersey City14:20 → 10:2723:1648 min23:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain15:20 → 11:2723:2648 min23:260 min7 Nov
London19:20 → 15:2723:2148 min23:210 min7 Nov
Durban21:20 → 17:2723:1548 min23:160 min7 Nov
Dubai23:20 → 19:2723:3948 min23:390 min7 Nov
Delhi00:50 → 20:5723:410 min23:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata00:50 → 20:5722:560 min22:560 min7 Nov
Singapore02:20 → 22:2723:240 min23:240 min7 Nov
Sydney05:20 → 01:2723:150 min23:1548 min8 Nov
Suva07:20 → 03:2723:260 min23:2648 min8 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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