Kali Puja 2027: date and nishita time
Kali Puja (Shyama Puja) 2027 is on Thursday, October 28 in Washington DC, the same day as in India (New Delhi). Kali Puja muhurat in Washington DC: 12:25 AM +1 day – 1:18 AM +1 day.
- Washington DC
28ThursdayOctober 2027
Computed for this city. Bengali rule.
The same date in India (New Delhi).
Kali Puja muhurat
12:25 AM – 1:18 AM
Washington DC · Friday, October 29, 2027
How the date is decided
In Washington DC: Amavasya 11:18 AM to 9:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:25 AM, 29 Oct to 1:18 AM, 29 Oct
Ashwin Amavasya (amanta; Kartika Amavasya in purnimanta) that prevails at nishita (Hindu midnight, the 2 ghatikas in the middle of the night). Bengal keeps Kali's puja as a midnight (nishi) puja on the new-moon night.
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Kali Puja (Shyama Puja) 2027 Washington DC: Thursday 28 October 2027 Kali Puja muhurat: 12:25 AM – 1:18 AM Bengali rule. Each city's date follows its own sunset and time zone. Neither is wrong. https://pujadeep.com/festivals/kali-puja/2027/?s=copy
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Kali Puja 2027 in each city
US
| City | Date | Times that decide it | Also |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 11:18 AM to 9:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:13 AM, 29 Oct to 1:06 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:13 AM +1 day – 1:06 AM +1 day | – |
| Edison, NJ | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 11:18 AM to 9:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:14 AM, 29 Oct to 1:08 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:14 AM +1 day – 1:08 AM +1 day | – |
| Washington DC | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 11:18 AM to 9:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:25 AM, 29 Oct to 1:18 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:25 AM +1 day – 1:18 AM +1 day | – |
| Atlanta | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 11:18 AM to 9:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:55 AM, 29 Oct to 1:47 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:55 AM +1 day – 1:47 AM +1 day | – |
| Boston | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 11:18 AM to 9:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:01 AM, 29 Oct to 12:55 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:01 AM +1 day – 12:55 AM +1 day | – |
| Philadelphia | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 11:18 AM to 9:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:17 AM, 29 Oct to 1:11 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:17 AM +1 day – 1:11 AM +1 day | – |
| Chicago | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 10:18 AM to 8:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:07 AM, 29 Oct to 1:01 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:07 AM +1 day – 1:01 AM +1 day | – |
| Houston | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 10:18 AM to 8:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:39 AM, 29 Oct to 1:31 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:39 AM +1 day – 1:31 AM +1 day | – |
| Dallas | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 10:18 AM to 8:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:45 AM, 29 Oct to 1:37 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:45 AM +1 day – 1:37 AM +1 day | – |
| Los Angeles | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:18 AM to 6:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:10 AM, 29 Oct to 1:03 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:10 AM +1 day – 1:03 AM +1 day | – |
| San Jose, CA | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:18 AM to 6:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:25 AM, 29 Oct to 1:18 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:25 AM +1 day – 1:18 AM +1 day | – |
| Seattle | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:18 AM to 6:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:25 AM, 29 Oct to 1:21 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:25 AM +1 day – 1:21 AM +1 day | – |
UK
| City | Date | Times that decide it | Also |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 4:18 PM to 2:36 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:16 AM, 29 Oct to 1:13 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:16 AM +1 day – 1:13 AM +1 day | – |
| Birmingham, UK | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 4:18 PM to 2:36 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:23 AM, 29 Oct to 1:20 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:23 AM +1 day – 1:20 AM +1 day | – |
| Leicester | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 4:18 PM to 2:36 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:20 AM, 29 Oct to 1:17 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:20 AM +1 day – 1:17 AM +1 day | – |
| Manchester | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 4:18 PM to 2:36 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:24 AM, 29 Oct to 1:21 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:24 AM +1 day – 1:21 AM +1 day | – |
Canada
| City | Date | Times that decide it | Also |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 11:18 AM to 9:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:34 AM, 29 Oct to 1:28 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:34 AM +1 day – 1:28 AM +1 day | – |
| Brampton | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 11:18 AM to 9:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:36 AM, 29 Oct to 1:30 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:36 AM +1 day – 1:30 AM +1 day | – |
| Vancouver | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:18 AM to 6:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:28 AM, 29 Oct to 1:24 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:28 AM +1 day – 1:24 AM +1 day | – |
| Calgary | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 9:18 AM to 7:36 AM, 29 Oct; nishita 12:52 AM, 29 Oct to 1:48 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:52 AM +1 day – 1:48 AM +1 day | – |
Australia
| City | Date | Times that decide it | Also |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Fri, Oct 29 | Amavasya 2:18 AM to 12:36 AM, 30 Oct; nishita 12:17 AM, 30 Oct to 12:59 AM, 30 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:17 AM +1 day – 12:36 AM +1 day | In India (New Delhi): Thu, Oct 28 |
| Melbourne | Fri, Oct 29 | Amavasya 2:18 AM to 12:36 AM, 30 Oct; nishita 12:42 AM, 30 Oct to 1:24 AM, 30 Oct | In India (New Delhi): Thu, Oct 28 |
| Brisbane | Fri, Oct 29 | Amavasya 1:18 AM to 11:36 PM; nishita 11:09 PM to 11:53 PM Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:09 PM – 11:36 PM | In India (New Delhi): Thu, Oct 28 |
| Perth | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 11:18 PM to 9:36 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:38 PM to 12:21 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:38 PM – 12:21 AM +1 day | – |
India
| City | Date | Times that decide it | Also |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:39 PM to 12:30 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:39 PM – 12:30 AM +1 day | – |
| Mumbai | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:57 PM to 12:47 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:57 PM – 12:47 AM +1 day | – |
| Kolkata | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 10:55 PM to 11:45 PM Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 10:55 PM – 11:45 PM | – |
| Chennai | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:28 PM to 12:17 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:28 PM – 12:17 AM +1 day | – |
| Bengaluru | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:38 PM to 12:28 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:38 PM – 12:28 AM +1 day | – |
| Hyderabad | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:35 PM to 12:24 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:35 PM – 12:24 AM +1 day | – |
| Ahmedabad | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:58 PM to 12:48 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:58 PM – 12:48 AM +1 day | – |
| Surat | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:57 PM to 12:47 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:57 PM – 12:47 AM +1 day | – |
| Pune | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:53 PM to 12:43 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:53 PM – 12:43 AM +1 day | – |
| Jaipur | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:45 PM to 12:36 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:45 PM – 12:36 AM +1 day | – |
| Lucknow | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:24 PM to 12:15 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:24 PM – 12:15 AM +1 day | – |
| Varanasi | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:16 PM to 12:07 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:16 PM – 12:07 AM +1 day | – |
| Patna | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:07 PM to 11:58 PM Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:07 PM – 11:58 PM | – |
| Chandigarh | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:41 PM to 12:32 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:41 PM – 12:32 AM +1 day | – |
| Bhopal | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:38 PM to 12:29 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:38 PM – 12:29 AM +1 day | – |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Thu, Oct 28 | Amavasya 8:48 PM to 7:06 PM, 29 Oct; nishita 11:41 PM to 12:30 AM, 29 Oct Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 11:41 PM – 12:30 AM +1 day | – |
About the festival
Kali Puja, also called Shyama Puja, is the worship of the goddess Kali on the new-moon night of the Diwali season. It is the great night festival of Bengal, kept also in Bangladesh, Assam, Tripura, Odisha and the Anga region of Bihar around Bhagalpur.
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Questions families ask
What are the Kali Puja 2027 timings in my city?
Each city in the table above has its own times, computed for that city. In Washington DC, Kali Puja muhurat (nishita): 12:25 AM +1 day – 1:18 AM +1 day. Find your city’s panchang
When is Kali Puja 2028?
The date moves with the Hindu calendar. In 2028, Kali Puja is on Tuesday, October 17, 2028 in Washington DC.
How is the date found for my city?
Each city’s date is computed for that city, from its own sunrise and sunset and the times the tithi begins and ends, with the rule named below. Find your city in the table above.
Which rule sets the date of Kali Puja?
Ashwin Amavasya (amanta; Kartika Amavasya in purnimanta) that prevails at nishita (Hindu midnight, the 2 ghatikas in the middle of the night). Bengal keeps Kali's puja as a midnight (nishi) puja on the new-moon night. How we compute dates
The rule and its sources
Tradition: Bengali.
- No printed source of 1930 or earlier that we found gives a tie-break for Amavasya at nishita on both nights or on neither; the engine's defaults apply (both: the first night; neither: the day Amavasya prevails at sunrise).
Rule sources
- Wikipedia: Kali Puja
- S. C. Bose, The Hindoos as They Are (Calcutta, 1881), "The Kali Poojah Festival", p. 137: the puja is a nishi or midnight puja on the darkest night of the month
- F. Kielhorn, "Festal Days of the Hindu Lunar Calendar", Indian Antiquary XXVI (July 1897), p. 177 note 5: nishitha (midnight) is the two ghatikas in the middle of the night
- West Bengal Kali Puja holidays (they follow the Bengali panjikas): Finance (Audit) Department notifications 4712-F(P2) of 22 Nov 2024 (20 Oct 2025) and 4188-F(P2) of 27 Nov 2025 (8 Nov 2026); officeholidays.com for 2022, 2024 and 2027. Read 2026-10-14
Related
Computed for 40 cities on Thursday, October 28, 2027
Rule: Ashwin Amavasya (amanta; Kartika Amavasya in purnimanta) that prevails at nishita (Hindu midnight, the 2 ghatikas in the middle of the night). Bengal keeps Kali's puja as a midnight (nishi) puja on the new-moon night.
Calculated for your location from NASA JPL's DE440 ephemeris and Astronomy Engine (MIT licence), with the Lahiri ayanamsa. Times can differ by a minute or two from printed panchangs. For vrat and puja timings, follow your family or temple tradition.
Source and licence
- Our explanation
- Explanation written for this site with AI help from the sources listed here, and reviewed. It is not a translation and not the only way to read the text. Free to quote with credit.
- Review
- AI review: 2 independent reviews against the cited edition, October 14, 2026.
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