Night of Tuesday 6 November
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:18 00:06 niśītha ends
22:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:3000:54
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2018
Boundaryin Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 32 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 6 November
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 7 November
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 00:57 on Wed 7 Nov to 00:02 on Thu 8 Nov.
2018-11-06T16:57:18Z → 2018-11-07T16:02:02Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:18–00:06 on the 6th, 23:18–00:06 on the 7th.
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 6th and 44 of 48 on the 7th.
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 212 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Shaoxing, 2018: Wednesday 7 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Shaoxing, Kālī Pūjā 2018 falls on Wednesday 7 November. Amāvasyā runs from 00:57 on Wed 7 Nov to 00:02 on Thu 8 Nov and covers 44 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 3 min 32 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 7 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 7 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 7 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing. | ||
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 6th | Covered | Niśītha 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:57 → 08:02 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Chicago | 10:57 → 10:02 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Jersey City | 11:57 → 11:02 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 12:57 → 12:02 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| London | 16:57 → 16:02 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Durban | 18:57 → 18:02 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Dubai | 20:57 → 20:02 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:27 → 21:32 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:27 → 21:32 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Singapore | 00:57 → 00:02 | 00:24 | 15 min | 00:24 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Sydney | 03:57 → 03:02 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Suva | 05:57 → 05:02 | 00:26 | 0 min | 00:26 | 48 min | 7 Nov |