Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1978

Tuesday 31 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 258 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 Monday 30 October

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 Tuesday 31 October

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 05:05 on Tue 31 Oct to 04:07 on Wed 1 Nov.

    1978-10-30T21:05:21Z → 1978-10-31T20:06:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 30th, 23:00–23:48 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 15505 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1978: Tuesday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1978 falls on Tuesday 31 October. Amāvasyā runs from 05:05 on Tue 31 Oct to 04:07 on Wed 1 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1978/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 31 Oct
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 30thCoveredNiśītha 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:05 → 12:0723:1348 min23:130 min30 Oct
Chicago15:05 → 14:0723:1148 min23:110 min30 Oct
Jersey City16:05 → 15:0723:1648 min23:160 min30 Oct
Port of Spain17:05 → 16:0723:2648 min23:260 min30 Oct
London21:05 → 20:0723:2148 min23:210 min30 Oct
Durban23:05 → 22:0723:1548 min23:150 min30 Oct
Dubai01:05 → 00:0723:390 min23:3928 min31 Oct
Delhi02:35 → 01:3723:410 min23:4148 min31 Oct
Kolkata02:35 → 01:3722:560 min22:5648 min31 Oct
Singapore04:35 → 03:3723:540 min23:5448 min31 Oct
Sydney08:05 → 07:0700:150 min00:1548 min31 Oct
Suva09:05 → 08:0723:260 min23:2648 min31 Oct
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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