Night of Tuesday 23 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
niśītha begins 23:01 23:49 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:44:10
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37
5 of 48 minutes covered, the last 5
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1984
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 32 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 23 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
5 of 48 minutes covered, the last 5
Night of Wednesday 24 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:44 on Tue 23 Oct to 20:08 on Wed 24 Oct.
1984-10-23T15:44:11Z → 1984-10-24T12:08:09Z
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 5 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
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 272 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1984: Tuesday 23 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1984 falls on Tuesday 23 October. Amāvasyā runs from 23:44 on Tue 23 Oct to 20:08 on Wed 24 Oct and covers 5 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 4 min 32 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 23 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 23 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 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 | 08:44 → 05:08 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:44 → 07:08 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:44 → 08:08 | 00:17 | 48 min | 00:17 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 11:44 → 08:08 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| London | 16:44 → 13:08 | 00:21 | 48 min | 00:21 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Durban | 17:44 → 14:08 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Dubai | 19:44 → 16:08 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:14 → 17:38 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:14 → 17:38 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:44 → 20:08 | 00:25 | 48 min | 00:25 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 01:44 → 22:08 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 03:44 → 00:08 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 42 min | 24 Oct |