Night of Thursday 8 November
Qualifies with 12 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:24 00:12 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 00:00:23
22:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:3601:00
12 of 48 minutes covered, the last 12
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2007
Boundaryin Tehran, 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 Thursday 8 November
Qualifies with 12 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
12 of 48 minutes covered, the last 12
Night of Friday 9 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 00:00 on Fri 9 Nov to 02:33 on Sat 10 Nov.
2007-11-08T20:30:24Z → 2007-11-09T23:03:05Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:24–00:12 on the 8th, 23:24–00:12 on the 9th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 12 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
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 716 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Tehran, 2007: Friday 9 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Tehran, Kālī Pūjā 2007 falls on Friday 9 November. Amāvasyā runs from 00:00 on Fri 9 Nov to 02:33 on Sat 10 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 12 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 | Fri 9 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 8th | Covered | Niśītha 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:30 → 15:03 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 14:30 → 17:03 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 15:30 → 18:03 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 16:30 → 19:03 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 20:30 → 23:03 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 22:30 → 01:03 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:16 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 00:30 → 03:03 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:00 → 04:33 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:00 → 04:33 | 22:56 | 0 min | 22:57 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:30 → 07:03 | 00:24 | 0 min | 00:24 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 07:30 → 10:03 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 08:30 → 11:03 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 9 Nov |