Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1912

Friday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 578 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 Thursday 7 November

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 Friday 8 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 11:10 on Fri 8 Nov to 10:05 on Sat 9 Nov.

    1912-11-08T03:09:35Z → 1912-11-09T02:04:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 7th, 23:38–00:26 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 34696 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1912: Friday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1912 falls on Friday 8 November. Amāvasyā runs from 11:10 on Fri 8 Nov to 10:05 on Sat 9 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1912/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 8thCoveredNiśītha 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:10 → 18:0523:130 min23:130 min7 Nov
Chicago21:10 → 20:0523:110 min23:110 min7 Nov
Jersey City22:10 → 21:0523:160 min23:170 min7 Nov
Port of Spain23:10 → 22:0523:260 min23:260 min7 Nov
London03:10 → 02:0523:2148 min23:210 min8 Nov
Durban05:10 → 04:0523:1648 min23:160 min8 Nov
Dubai06:51 → 05:4623:2048 min23:200 min8 Nov
Delhi08:40 → 07:3523:4148 min23:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata08:40 → 07:3522:5748 min22:570 min8 Nov
Singapore10:10 → 09:0523:2448 min23:250 min8 Nov
Sydney13:10 → 12:0523:1548 min23:150 min8 Nov
Suva15:05 → 14:0023:2148 min23:210 min8 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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