Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1964

Tuesday 3 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 464 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 Tuesday 3 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 4 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 14:15 on Tue 3 Nov to 15:16 on Wed 4 Nov.

    1964-11-03T06:14:41Z → 1964-11-04T07:16:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 3rd, 23:00–23:48 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 27825 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1964: Tuesday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1964 falls on Tuesday 3 November. Amāvasyā runs from 14:15 on Tue 3 Nov to 15:16 on Wed 4 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1964/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 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 3rdCoveredNiśītha 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:15 → 23:1623:133 min23:130 min2 Nov
Chicago00:15 → 01:1623:1148 min23:110 min3 Nov
Jersey City01:15 → 02:1623:1648 min23:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain02:15 → 03:1623:2648 min23:260 min3 Nov
London06:15 → 07:1623:2148 min23:210 min3 Nov
Durban08:15 → 09:1623:1548 min23:150 min3 Nov
Dubai10:15 → 11:1623:3948 min23:390 min3 Nov
Delhi11:45 → 12:4623:4148 min23:410 min3 Nov
Kolkata11:45 → 12:4622:5648 min22:560 min3 Nov
Singapore13:45 → 14:4623:5448 min23:540 min3 Nov
Sydney16:15 → 17:1623:1548 min23:150 min3 Nov
Suva18:15 → 19:1623:2648 min23:260 min3 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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