Night of Wednesday 18 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
niśītha begins 23:35 00:23 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:43:18
22:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:11
40 of 48 minutes covered, the last 40
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2017
Boundaryin Multan, 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 Wednesday 18 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
40 of 48 minutes covered, the last 40
Night of Thursday 19 October
Qualifies with 37 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
37 of 48 minutes covered, the first 37
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:43 on Wed 18 Oct to 00:12 on Fri 20 Oct.
2017-10-18T18:43:18Z → 2017-10-19T19:12:03Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:35–00:23 on the 18th, 23:35–00:23 on the 19th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 40 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 37 of 48 on the 19th.
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 476 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Multan, 2017: Wednesday 18 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Multan, Kālī Pūjā 2017 falls on Wednesday 18 October. Amāvasyā runs from 23:43 on Wed 18 Oct to 00:12 on Fri 20 Oct and covers 40 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 37 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 18 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 18 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 18 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 18th | Covered | Niśītha 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:43 → 12:12 | 00:14 | 48 min | 00:14 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Chicago | 13:43 → 14:12 | 00:12 | 48 min | 00:12 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Jersey City | 14:43 → 15:12 | 00:18 | 48 min | 00:17 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:43 → 15:12 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| London | 19:43 → 20:12 | 00:22 | 48 min | 00:22 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Durban | 20:43 → 21:12 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:43 → 23:12 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:13 → 00:42 | 23:42 | 17 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:13 → 00:42 | 22:58 | 0 min | 22:58 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Singapore | 02:43 → 03:12 | 00:26 | 0 min | 00:26 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Sydney | 05:43 → 06:12 | 00:16 | 0 min | 00:16 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Suva | 06:43 → 07:12 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 19 Oct |