Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2015

Wednesday 11 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 03 s.

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 Tuesday 10 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:00  23:48 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:53:20
22:1222:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 11 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 23:53 on Tue 10 Nov to 01:47 on Thu 12 Nov.

    2015-11-10T15:53:21Z → 2015-11-11T17:47:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 10th, 23:00–23:48 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 303 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 2015: Wednesday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 2015 falls on Wednesday 11 November. Amāvasyā runs from 23:53 on Tue 10 Nov to 01:47 on Thu 12 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2015/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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 10thCoveredNiśītha 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:53 → 09:4723:1348 min23:130 min10 Nov
Chicago09:53 → 11:4723:1148 min23:110 min10 Nov
Jersey City10:53 → 12:4723:1748 min23:170 min10 Nov
Port of Spain11:53 → 13:4723:2648 min23:260 min10 Nov
London15:53 → 17:4723:2148 min23:210 min10 Nov
Durban17:53 → 19:4723:1648 min23:160 min10 Nov
Dubai19:53 → 21:4723:3948 min23:390 min10 Nov
Delhi21:23 → 23:1723:4148 min23:410 min10 Nov
Kolkata21:23 → 23:1722:5748 min22:5720 min10 Nov
Singapore23:53 → 01:4700:2548 min00:2548 min10 Nov
Sydney02:53 → 04:4700:150 min00:1548 min11 Nov
Suva04:53 → 06:4700:260 min00:2648 min11 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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