Night of Friday 23 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
niśītha begins 23:49 00:37 niśītha ends
23:0123:2523:4900:1300:3701:0101:25
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1908
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 27 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 23 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 24 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 22:45 on Fri 23 Oct to 23:46 on Sat 24 Oct.
1908-10-24T05:44:55Z → 1908-10-25T06:46:19Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:49–00:37 on the 23rd, 23:49–00:37 on the 24th.
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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.
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 147 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Phoenix, 1908: Friday 23 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Phoenix, Kālī Pūjā 1908 falls on Friday 23 October. Amāvasyā runs from 22:45 on Fri 23 Oct to 23:46 on Sat 24 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 2 min 27 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 23 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 23 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 23 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 24th | Covered | Niśītha 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:45 → 22:46 | 23:13 | 0 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:45 → 00:46 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:45 → 01:46 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:45 → 02:46 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| London | 05:45 → 06:46 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Durban | 07:45 → 08:46 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:26 → 10:27 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:20 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Delhi | 11:15 → 12:16 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Kolkata | 11:15 → 12:16 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:45 → 13:46 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:25 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:45 → 16:46 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Suva | 17:40 → 18:41 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 24 Oct |