Ruling · Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali) · 1908

Saturday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 161 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Saturday 24 October

Taken. The only evening Amāvasyā reaches.

17:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

105 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 25 October

Amāvasyā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:12
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

0 of 106 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 13:45 on Sat 24 Oct to 14:46 on Sun 25 Oct.

    1908-10-24T05:44:55Z → 1908-10-25T06:46:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:28–19:13 on the 24th, 17:27–19:12 on the 25th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 106 on the 25th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9638 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pūjā, Baoding, 1908: Saturday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali) 1908 falls on Saturday 24 October. Amāvasyā runs from 13:45 on Sat 24 Oct to 14:46 on Sun 25 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1908/diwali-lakshmi-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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/diwali-lakshmi-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Amāvasyā
Kāla
Pradoṣa
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.

PlaceAmāvasyāSunset 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:45 → 22:4617:08104 min17:070 min24 Oct
Chicago23:45 → 00:4616:56107 min16:540 min24 Oct
Jersey City00:45 → 01:4617:03106 min17:020 min24 Oct
Port of Spain01:45 → 02:4617:4598 min17:440 min24 Oct
London05:45 → 06:4616:49111 min16:470 min24 Oct
Durban07:45 → 08:4618:1188 min18:120 min24 Oct
Dubai09:26 → 10:2717:25101 min17:240 min24 Oct
Delhi11:15 → 12:1617:43102 min17:420 min24 Oct
Kolkata11:15 → 12:1617:05100 min17:040 min24 Oct
Singapore12:45 → 13:4617:5195 min17:510 min24 Oct
Sydney15:45 → 16:4618:1586 min18:160 min24 Oct
Suva17:40 → 18:4118:0491 min18:0536 min24 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
diwali-lakshmi-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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