Night of Monday 24 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
niśītha begins 23:01 23:49 niśītha ends
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1927
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 Monday 24 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 25 October
Qualifies with 37 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
37 of 48 minutes covered, the first 37
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 21:04 on Mon 24 Oct to 23:37 on Tue 25 Oct.
1927-10-24T13:03:55Z → 1927-10-25T15:37:19Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:01–23:49 on the 24th, 23:01–23:49 on the 25th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 37 of 48 on the 25th.
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 681 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1927: Monday 24 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1927 falls on Monday 24 October. Amāvasyā runs from 21:04 on Mon 24 Oct to 23:37 on Tue 25 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 37 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 | Mon 24 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 24 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 24 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 24th | Covered | Niśītha 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:04 → 07:37 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Chicago | 07:04 → 09:37 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Jersey City | 08:04 → 10:37 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 09:04 → 11:37 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| London | 13:04 → 15:37 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Durban | 15:04 → 17:37 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Dubai | 17:04 → 19:37 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Delhi | 18:34 → 21:07 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Kolkata | 18:34 → 21:07 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:04 → 22:37 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:25 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Sydney | 23:04 → 01:37 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Suva | 01:04 → 03:37 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 25 Oct |