Night of Tuesday 25 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:25 00:13 niśītha ends
22:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:3701:01
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 2011
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 14 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 25 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 26 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
1 of 48 minutes covered, the first 1
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 03:16 on Wed 26 Oct to 23:26 on Wed 26 Oct.
2011-10-25T23:46:23Z → 2011-10-26T19:55:48Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:25–00:13 on the 25th, 23:25–00:13 on the 26th.
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 25th and 1 of 48 on the 26th.
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 74 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Tehran, 2011: Wednesday 26 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Tehran, Kālī Pūjā 2011 falls on Wednesday 26 October. Amāvasyā runs from 03:16 on Wed 26 Oct to 23:26 on Wed 26 Oct and covers 1 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 1 min 14 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 26 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 26 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 26 Oct |
| 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 25th | Covered | Niśītha 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:46 → 12:56 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Chicago | 18:46 → 14:56 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Jersey City | 19:46 → 15:56 | 00:17 | 48 min | 00:17 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:46 → 15:56 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| London | 00:46 → 20:56 | 00:21 | 23 min | 00:21 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Durban | 01:46 → 21:56 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:46 → 23:56 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 17 min | 26 Oct |
| Delhi | 05:16 → 01:26 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 26 Oct |
| Kolkata | 05:16 → 01:26 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:57 | 48 min | 26 Oct |
| Singapore | 07:46 → 03:56 | 00:25 | 0 min | 00:25 | 48 min | 26 Oct |
| Sydney | 10:46 → 06:56 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 26 Oct |
| Suva | 12:46 → 08:56 | 00:26 | 0 min | 00:26 | 48 min | 26 Oct |