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Ruling · 2001 · Queens

Kālī Pūjā

Wednesday 14 November2001 · Queens, New York, United States

Determinatemargin 96 min

In Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 96 minutes.

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The two nights निशीथ

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Tuesday 13 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:16  00:04 niśītha ends
22:2822:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:52

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 14 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:16  00:04 niśītha ends
22:2822:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:52

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 03:38 on Wed 14 Nov to 01:40 on Thu 15 Nov.

    2001-11-14T08:37:31Z → 2001-11-15T06:39:59Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:16–00:04 on the 13th, 23:16–00:04 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5746 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Queens, 2001: Wednesday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Kālī Pūjā 2001 falls on Wednesday 14 November. Amāvasyā runs from 03:38 on Wed 14 Nov to 01:40 on Thu 15 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/2001/kali-pujapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/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 14thCoveredNiśītha 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:38 → 22:4023:140 min23:140 min13 Nov
Chicago02:38 → 00:4023:1148 min23:120 min14 Nov
Jersey City03:38 → 01:4023:1748 min23:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain04:38 → 02:4023:2748 min23:270 min14 Nov
London08:38 → 06:4023:2248 min23:220 min14 Nov
Durban10:38 → 08:4023:1648 min23:160 min14 Nov
Dubai12:38 → 10:4023:3948 min23:400 min14 Nov
Delhi14:08 → 12:1023:4248 min23:420 min14 Nov
Kolkata14:08 → 12:1022:5748 min22:570 min14 Nov
Singapore16:38 → 14:4000:2548 min00:250 min14 Nov
Sydney19:38 → 17:4000:1548 min00:160 min14 Nov
Suva20:38 → 18:4023:2748 min23:270 min14 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