Night of Monday 29 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 23:00 23:48 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:51:20
22:1222:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:36
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1951
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 Monday 29 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 30 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:51 on Mon 29 Oct to 21:55 on Tue 30 Oct.
1951-10-29T15:51:21Z → 1951-10-30T13:54:31Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 29th, 23:00–23:48 on the 30th.
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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.
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 186 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1951: Monday 29 October.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1951 falls on Monday 29 October. Amāvasyā runs from 23:51 on Mon 29 Oct to 21:55 on Tue 30 Oct, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 3 min 06 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 29 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 29 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 29 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 29th | Covered | Niśītha 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:51 → 05:55 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Chicago | 09:51 → 07:55 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Jersey City | 10:51 → 08:55 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 11:51 → 09:55 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| London | 15:51 → 13:55 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 17:51 → 15:55 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 19:51 → 17:55 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:21 → 19:25 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:21 → 19:25 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:21 → 21:25 | 23:54 | 48 min | 23:54 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Sydney | 01:51 → 23:55 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 40 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 03:51 → 01:55 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 30 Oct |