Night of Sunday 14 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
niśītha begins 23:01 23:49 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 22:15:55
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1982
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both nights qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 14 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 15 November
Qualifies with 9 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
9 of 48 minutes covered, the first 9
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 22:16 on Sun 14 Nov to 23:10 on Mon 15 Nov.
1982-11-14T14:15:55Z → 1982-11-15T15:09:54Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:01–23:49 on the 14th, 23:01–23:49 on the 15th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 9 of 48 on the 15th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 535 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1982: Sunday 14 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1982 falls on Sunday 14 November. Amāvasyā runs from 22:16 on Sun 14 Nov to 23:10 on Mon 15 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 9 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 14 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 14 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 14 Nov |
| 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 14th | Covered | Niśītha 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:16 → 07:10 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Chicago | 08:16 → 09:10 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Jersey City | 09:16 → 10:10 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 10:16 → 11:10 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| London | 14:16 → 15:10 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Durban | 16:16 → 17:10 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Dubai | 18:16 → 19:10 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Delhi | 19:46 → 20:40 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Kolkata | 19:46 → 20:40 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Singapore | 22:16 → 23:10 | 00:25 | 48 min | 00:25 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Sydney | 01:16 → 02:10 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:16 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Suva | 02:16 → 03:10 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 15 Nov |