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Ruling · 2021 · Doha

Kālī Pūjā

Thursday 4 November2021 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 33 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 33 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 Wednesday 3 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 Thursday 4 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 22:54  23:42 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā ends 00:14:36
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 03:34 on Thu 4 Nov to 00:15 on Fri 5 Nov.

    2021-11-04T00:33:42Z → 2021-11-04T21:14:37Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 22:54–23:42 on the 3rd, 22:54–23:42 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 1980 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Doha, 2021: Thursday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Kālī Pūjā 2021 falls on Thursday 4 November. Amāvasyā runs from 03:34 on Thu 4 Nov to 00:15 on Fri 5 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2021/kali-pujapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 4 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 4thCoveredNiśītha 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:34 → 14:1500:130 min00:130 min3 Nov
Chicago19:34 → 16:1500:110 min00:110 min3 Nov
Jersey City20:34 → 17:1500:160 min00:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain20:34 → 17:1523:260 min23:260 min3 Nov
London00:34 → 21:1523:210 min23:210 min3 Nov
Durban02:34 → 23:1523:150 min23:150 min3 Nov
Dubai04:34 → 01:1523:3848 min23:390 min4 Nov
Delhi06:04 → 02:4523:4148 min23:410 min4 Nov
Kolkata06:04 → 02:4522:5648 min22:560 min4 Nov
Singapore08:34 → 05:1500:2448 min00:240 min4 Nov
Sydney11:34 → 08:1500:1548 min00:150 min4 Nov
Suva12:34 → 09:1523:2648 min23:260 min4 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