Night of Sunday 14 November
Qualifies with 44 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:01 23:49 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:04:53
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2077
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both nights qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 14 November
Qualifies with 44 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Night of Monday 15 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:05 on Sun 14 Nov to 01:01 on Tue 16 Nov.
2077-11-14T15:04:54Z → 2077-11-15T17:01:15Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:01–23:49 on the 14th, 23:01–23:49 on the 15th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 44 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 229 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 2077: Monday 15 November.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 2077 falls on Monday 15 November. Amāvasyā runs from 23:05 on Sun 14 Nov to 01:01 on Tue 16 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 44 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 3 min 49 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 15 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 15 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 15 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 14th | Covered | Niśītha 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:05 → 09:01 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Chicago | 09:05 → 11:01 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Jersey City | 10:05 → 12:01 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 11:05 → 13:01 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| London | 15:05 → 17:01 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Durban | 17:05 → 19:01 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Dubai | 19:05 → 21:01 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Delhi | 20:35 → 22:31 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Kolkata | 20:35 → 22:31 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Singapore | 23:05 → 01:01 | 00:25 | 48 min | 00:25 | 36 min | 14 Nov |
| Sydney | 02:05 → 04:01 | 00:16 | 0 min | 00:16 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Suva | 03:05 → 05:01 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 15 Nov |