Night of Tuesday 28 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 23:35 00:23 niśītha ends
22:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:11
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1913
Boundaryin Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Amāvasyā reaches niśītha on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 28 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 29 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 01:47 on Wed 29 Oct to 22:29 on Wed 29 Oct.
1913-10-28T17:46:51Z → 1913-10-29T14:28:37Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:35–00:23 on the 28th, 23:35–00:23 on the 29th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 4001 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Puning, 1913: Tuesday 28 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Puning, Kālī Pūjā 1913 falls on Tuesday 28 October. Amāvasyā runs from 01:47 on Wed 29 Oct to 22:29 on Wed 29 Oct, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 28 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 28 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 28 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning. | ||
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 28th | Covered | Niśītha 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:47 → 06:29 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:47 → 08:29 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:47 → 09:29 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 13:47 → 10:29 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| London | 17:47 → 14:29 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Durban | 19:47 → 16:29 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Dubai | 21:28 → 18:10 | 23:20 | 48 min | 23:20 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 23:17 → 19:59 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 23:17 → 19:59 | 22:57 | 28 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:47 → 21:29 | 23:24 | 0 min | 23:24 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:47 → 00:29 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Suva | 05:42 → 02:24 | 23:21 | 0 min | 23:21 | 48 min | 29 Oct |