Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1910

Tuesday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 423 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 Monday 31 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 1 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

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

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 07:29 on Tue 1 Nov to 09:56 on Wed 2 Nov.

    1910-10-31T23:28:58Z → 1910-11-02T01:55:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 31st, 23:38–00:26 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 25366 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1910: Tuesday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1910 falls on Tuesday 1 November. Amāvasyā runs from 07:29 on Tue 1 Nov to 09:56 on Wed 2 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1910/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 1 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 31stCoveredNiśītha 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:29 → 17:5623:1348 min23:130 min31 Oct
Chicago17:29 → 19:5623:1148 min23:110 min31 Oct
Jersey City18:29 → 20:5623:1648 min23:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain19:29 → 21:5623:2648 min23:260 min31 Oct
London23:29 → 01:5623:2140 min23:210 min1 Nov
Durban01:29 → 03:5623:150 min23:150 min1 Nov
Dubai03:10 → 05:3723:200 min23:200 min1 Nov
Delhi04:59 → 07:2623:410 min23:410 min1 Nov
Kolkata04:59 → 07:2622:560 min22:560 min1 Nov
Singapore06:29 → 08:5623:240 min23:240 min1 Nov
Sydney09:29 → 11:5623:150 min23:150 min1 Nov
Suva11:24 → 13:5123:210 min23:210 min1 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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