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Ruling · 2012 · Doha

Kālī Pūjā

Tuesday 13 November2012 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 86 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 86 minutes.

Decide it forDohaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City25°17′ N 51°32′ E · Asia/Qatar · GeoNames 290030

The two nights निशीथ

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Monday 12 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 22:54  23:42 niśītha ends
22:0622:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 13 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 22:54  23:42 niśītha ends
22:0622:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Amāvasyā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 04:44 on Tue 13 Nov to 01:08 on Wed 14 Nov.

    2012-11-13T01:43:44Z → 2012-11-13T22:08:00Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 22:54–23:42 on the 12th, 22:54–23:42 on the 13th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 5135 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Doha, 2012: Tuesday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Kālī Pūjā 2012 falls on Tuesday 13 November. Amāvasyā runs from 04:44 on Tue 13 Nov to 01:08 on Wed 14 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2012/kali-pujapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 13 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlaceAmāvasyāNiśītha 13thCoveredNiśītha 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:44 → 14:0823:140 min23:140 min12 Nov
Chicago19:44 → 16:0823:110 min23:120 min12 Nov
Jersey City20:44 → 17:0823:170 min23:170 min12 Nov
Port of Spain21:44 → 18:0823:270 min23:270 min12 Nov
London01:44 → 22:0823:210 min23:220 min12 Nov
Durban03:44 → 00:0823:1648 min23:160 min13 Nov
Dubai05:44 → 02:0823:3948 min23:390 min13 Nov
Delhi07:14 → 03:3823:4248 min23:420 min13 Nov
Kolkata07:14 → 03:3822:5748 min22:570 min13 Nov
Singapore09:44 → 06:0800:2548 min00:250 min13 Nov
Sydney12:44 → 09:0800:1548 min00:160 min13 Nov
Suva14:44 → 11:0800:2748 min00:270 min13 Nov
This ruling as JSON · ICS
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