Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1936

Friday 13 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 619 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 Friday 13 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:01  23:49 niśītha ends
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 14 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:01  23:49 niśītha ends
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37

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 10:09 on Fri 13 Nov to 12:42 on Sat 14 Nov.

    1936-11-13T02:09:13Z → 1936-11-14T04:41:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:01–23:49 on the 13th, 23:01–23:49 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 37139 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1936: Friday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1936 falls on Friday 13 November. Amāvasyā runs from 10:09 on Fri 13 Nov to 12:42 on Sat 14 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1936/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 13thCoveredNiśītha 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:09 → 20:4223:140 min23:140 min12 Nov
Chicago21:09 → 23:4200:110 min00:120 min12 Nov
Jersey City21:09 → 23:4223:1725 min23:170 min12 Nov
Port of Spain22:09 → 00:4223:2748 min23:270 min12 Nov
London02:09 → 04:4223:2148 min23:220 min13 Nov
Durban04:09 → 06:4223:1648 min23:160 min13 Nov
Dubai06:09 → 08:4223:3948 min23:390 min13 Nov
Delhi07:39 → 10:1223:4248 min23:420 min13 Nov
Kolkata07:39 → 10:1222:5748 min22:570 min13 Nov
Singapore09:29 → 12:0223:4548 min23:450 min13 Nov
Sydney12:09 → 14:4223:1548 min23:160 min13 Nov
Suva14:09 → 16:4223:2748 min23:270 min13 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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