Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1917

Wednesday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 93 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 13 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:39  00:27 niśītha ends
22:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:5101:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 14 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:39  00:27 niśītha ends
22:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:5101:15

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 02:00 on Wed 14 Nov to 02:28 on Thu 15 Nov.

    1917-11-13T17:59:48Z → 1917-11-14T18:28:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 13th, 23:39–00:27 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 5582 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1917: Wednesday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1917 falls on Wednesday 14 November. Amāvasyā runs from 02:00 on Wed 14 Nov to 02:28 on Thu 15 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1917/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredNiśītha 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:00 → 10:2823:1448 min23:140 min13 Nov
Chicago12:00 → 12:2823:1148 min23:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City13:00 → 13:2823:1748 min23:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain14:00 → 14:2823:2748 min23:270 min13 Nov
London18:00 → 18:2823:2148 min23:220 min13 Nov
Durban20:00 → 20:2823:1648 min23:160 min13 Nov
Dubai21:41 → 22:0923:2048 min23:200 min13 Nov
Delhi23:30 → 23:5823:4248 min23:4216 min13 Nov
Kolkata23:30 → 23:5822:5715 min22:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore01:00 → 01:2823:250 min23:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney04:00 → 04:2823:150 min23:1548 min14 Nov
Suva06:00 → 06:2823:270 min23:2748 min14 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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