Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2039

Tuesday 15 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 360 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 Tuesday 15 November

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 Wednesday 16 November

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 17:01 on Tue 15 Nov to 13:46 on Wed 16 Nov.

    2039-11-15T09:00:42Z → 2039-11-16T05:46:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:01–23:49 on the 15th, 23:01–23:49 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 21617 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 2039: Tuesday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 2039 falls on Tuesday 15 November. Amāvasyā runs from 17:01 on Tue 15 Nov to 13:46 on Wed 16 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2039/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 15thCoveredNiśītha 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:01 → 21:4623:140 min23:140 min14 Nov
Chicago03:01 → 23:4623:1235 min23:120 min15 Nov
Jersey City04:01 → 00:4623:1748 min23:170 min15 Nov
Port of Spain05:01 → 01:4623:2748 min23:270 min15 Nov
London09:01 → 05:4623:2248 min23:220 min15 Nov
Durban11:01 → 07:4623:1648 min23:170 min15 Nov
Dubai13:01 → 09:4623:4048 min23:400 min15 Nov
Delhi14:31 → 11:1623:4248 min23:420 min15 Nov
Kolkata14:31 → 11:1622:5748 min22:570 min15 Nov
Singapore17:01 → 13:4600:2548 min00:250 min15 Nov
Sydney20:01 → 16:4600:1648 min00:160 min15 Nov
Suva21:01 → 17:4623:2748 min23:270 min15 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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