Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2007

Friday 9 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 282 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 Thursday 8 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 Friday 9 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 04:30 on Fri 9 Nov to 07:03 on Sat 10 Nov.

    2007-11-08T20:30:24Z → 2007-11-09T23:03:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 8th, 23:00–23:48 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 16935 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 2007: Friday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 2007 falls on Friday 9 November. Amāvasyā runs from 04:30 on Fri 9 Nov to 07:03 on Sat 10 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2007/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredNiśītha 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:30 → 15:0323:1348 min23:130 min8 Nov
Chicago14:30 → 17:0323:1148 min23:110 min8 Nov
Jersey City15:30 → 18:0323:1648 min23:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain16:30 → 19:0323:2648 min23:260 min8 Nov
London20:30 → 23:0323:2148 min23:210 min8 Nov
Durban22:30 → 01:0323:1548 min23:1648 min8 Nov
Dubai00:30 → 03:0323:390 min23:3948 min9 Nov
Delhi02:00 → 04:3323:410 min23:4148 min9 Nov
Kolkata02:00 → 04:3322:560 min22:5748 min9 Nov
Singapore04:30 → 07:0300:240 min00:2448 min9 Nov
Sydney07:30 → 10:0300:150 min00:1548 min9 Nov
Suva08:30 → 11:0323:260 min23:2648 min9 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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