Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1972

Sunday 5 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 434 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 Saturday 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

Night of Sunday 5 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 07:02 on Sun 5 Nov to 09:21 on Mon 6 Nov.

    1972-11-04T23:02:04Z → 1972-11-06T01:21:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 4th, 23:00–23:48 on the 5th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 26043 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1972: Sunday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1972 falls on Sunday 5 November. Amāvasyā runs from 07:02 on Sun 5 Nov to 09:21 on Mon 6 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1972/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 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 4thCoveredNiśītha 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:02 → 17:2123:1348 min23:130 min4 Nov
Chicago17:02 → 19:2123:1148 min23:110 min4 Nov
Jersey City18:02 → 20:2123:1648 min23:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain19:02 → 21:2123:2648 min23:260 min4 Nov
London23:02 → 01:2123:2148 min23:210 min4 Nov
Durban01:02 → 03:2123:150 min23:150 min5 Nov
Dubai03:02 → 05:2123:390 min23:390 min5 Nov
Delhi04:32 → 06:5123:410 min23:410 min5 Nov
Kolkata04:32 → 06:5122:560 min22:560 min5 Nov
Singapore06:32 → 08:5123:540 min23:540 min5 Nov
Sydney10:02 → 12:2100:150 min00:150 min5 Nov
Suva11:02 → 13:2123:260 min23:260 min5 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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