Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1906

Wednesday 17 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 375 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two nights

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

Night of Tuesday 16 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 17 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

48 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 09:36 on Wed 17 Oct to 06:43 on Thu 18 Oct.

    1906-10-17T01:35:38Z → 1906-10-17T22:42:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 16th, 23:40–00:28 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 22474 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1906: Wednesday 17 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1906 falls on Wednesday 17 October. Amāvasyā runs from 09:36 on Wed 17 Oct to 06:43 on Thu 18 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1906/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 17 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 17 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 17 Oct
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 17thCoveredNiśītha 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:36 → 14:4323:150 min23:140 min16 Oct
Chicago19:36 → 16:4323:120 min23:120 min16 Oct
Jersey City20:36 → 17:4323:180 min23:180 min16 Oct
Port of Spain21:36 → 18:4323:280 min23:270 min16 Oct
London01:36 → 22:4323:230 min23:220 min16 Oct
Durban03:36 → 00:4323:1748 min23:170 min17 Oct
Dubai05:17 → 02:2423:2148 min23:210 min17 Oct
Delhi07:06 → 04:1323:4348 min23:430 min17 Oct
Kolkata07:06 → 04:1322:5848 min22:580 min17 Oct
Singapore08:36 → 05:4323:2648 min23:260 min17 Oct
Sydney11:36 → 08:4323:1648 min23:160 min17 Oct
Suva13:31 → 10:3823:2348 min23:230 min17 Oct
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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