Night of Saturday 23 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 23:01 23:49 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:53:02
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1965
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 Saturday 23 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 24 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:53 on Sat 23 Oct to 22:11 on Sun 24 Oct.
1965-10-23T15:53:02Z → 1965-10-24T14:11:11Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:01–23:49 on the 23rd, 23:01–23:49 on the 24th.
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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.
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 255 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1965: Saturday 23 October.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1965 falls on Saturday 23 October. Amāvasyā runs from 23:53 on Sat 23 Oct to 22:11 on Sun 24 Oct, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 4 min 15 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 23 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 23 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 23 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 23rd | Covered | Niśītha 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:53 → 07:11 | 00:14 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:53 → 09:11 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:53 → 10:11 | 00:17 | 48 min | 00:17 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 11:53 → 10:11 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| London | 16:53 → 14:11 | 00:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Durban | 17:53 → 16:11 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Dubai | 19:53 → 18:11 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:23 → 19:41 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:23 → 19:41 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:23 → 21:41 | 23:55 | 48 min | 23:55 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 01:53 → 00:11 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Suva | 03:53 → 02:11 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 24 Oct |