Night of Thursday 2 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
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2051
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 36 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 2 November
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 3 November
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 20:18 on Thu 2 Nov to 22:59 on Fri 3 Nov.
2051-11-02T12:17:57Z → 2051-11-03T14:59:25Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:00–23:48 on the 2nd, 23:00–23:48 on the 3rd.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.
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 36 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 2051: Thursday 2 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 2051 falls on Thursday 2 November. Amāvasyā runs from 20:18 on Thu 2 Nov to 22:59 on Fri 3 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 0 min 36 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 2 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 2 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 2 Nov |
| 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 2nd | Covered | Niśītha 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:18 → 07:59 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Chicago | 07:18 → 09:59 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Jersey City | 08:18 → 10:59 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 08:18 → 10:59 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| London | 12:18 → 14:59 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Durban | 14:18 → 16:59 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Dubai | 16:18 → 18:59 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Delhi | 17:48 → 20:29 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Kolkata | 17:48 → 20:29 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Singapore | 20:18 → 22:59 | 00:24 | 48 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Sydney | 23:18 → 01:59 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 2 Nov |
| Suva | 00:18 → 02:59 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 3 Nov |