Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2033

Saturday 22 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 452 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 Saturday 22 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:01  23:49 niśītha ends
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 23 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:01  23:49 niśītha ends
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37

0 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 12:49 on Sat 22 Oct to 15:28 on Sun 23 Oct.

    2033-10-22T04:48:54Z → 2033-10-23T07:28:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:01–23:49 on the 22nd, 23:01–23:49 on the 23rd.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 27136 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 2033: Saturday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 2033 falls on Saturday 22 October. Amāvasyā runs from 12:49 on Sat 22 Oct to 15:28 on Sun 23 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2033/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 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 22ndCoveredNiśītha 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:49 → 00:2800:1415 min00:130 min21 Oct
Chicago23:49 → 02:2800:1148 min00:110 min21 Oct
Jersey City00:49 → 03:2800:1748 min00:170 min22 Oct
Port of Spain00:49 → 03:2823:2648 min23:260 min22 Oct
London05:49 → 08:2800:2148 min00:210 min22 Oct
Durban06:49 → 09:2823:1648 min23:160 min22 Oct
Dubai08:49 → 11:2823:3948 min23:390 min22 Oct
Delhi10:19 → 12:5823:4248 min23:420 min22 Oct
Kolkata10:19 → 12:5822:5748 min22:570 min22 Oct
Singapore12:49 → 15:2800:2548 min00:250 min22 Oct
Sydney15:49 → 18:2800:1548 min00:150 min22 Oct
Suva16:49 → 19:2823:2748 min23:260 min22 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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