Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1904

Sunday 6 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Amāvasyā reaches niśītha on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Sunday 6 November

Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 7 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā ends 23:36:35
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Amāvasyā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 02:29 on Mon 7 Nov to 23:37 on Mon 7 Nov.

    1904-11-06T18:29:00Z → 1904-11-07T15:36:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 6th, 23:38–00:26 on the 7th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither night qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 98 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1904: Sunday 6 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1904 falls on Sunday 6 November. Amāvasyā runs from 02:29 on Mon 7 Nov to 23:37 on Mon 7 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 1 min 38 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1904/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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 clock times.

PlaceAmāvasyāNiśītha 6thCoveredNiśītha 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:29 → 07:3723:1348 min23:130 min6 Nov
Chicago12:29 → 09:3723:1148 min23:110 min6 Nov
Jersey City13:29 → 10:3723:1648 min23:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain14:29 → 11:3723:2648 min23:260 min6 Nov
London18:29 → 15:3723:2148 min23:210 min6 Nov
Durban20:29 → 17:3723:1548 min23:160 min6 Nov
Dubai22:10 → 19:1823:2048 min23:200 min6 Nov
Delhi23:50 → 20:5823:3230 min23:320 min6 Nov
Kolkata23:50 → 20:5822:470 min22:470 min6 Nov
Singapore01:24 → 22:3223:190 min23:190 min6 Nov
Sydney04:29 → 01:3723:150 min23:1548 min7 Nov
Suva06:24 → 03:3223:210 min23:2148 min7 Nov
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

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