Night of Wednesday 7 November
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 23:38 00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1923
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Amāvasyā reaches niśītha on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 7 November
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 8 November
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 03:20 on Thu 8 Nov to 23:27 on Thu 8 Nov.
1923-11-07T19:19:56Z → 1923-11-08T15:26:51Z
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′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 683 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1923: Wednesday 7 November.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1923 falls on Wednesday 7 November. Amāvasyā runs from 03:20 on Thu 8 Nov to 23:27 on Thu 8 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 7 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 7 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 7 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Amāvasyā | Niśītha 7th | Covered | Niśītha 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:20 → 07:27 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Chicago | 13:20 → 09:27 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Jersey City | 14:20 → 10:27 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 15:20 → 11:27 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| London | 19:20 → 15:27 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Durban | 21:20 → 17:27 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Dubai | 23:20 → 19:27 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Delhi | 00:50 → 20:57 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Kolkata | 00:50 → 20:57 | 22:56 | 0 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Singapore | 02:20 → 22:27 | 23:24 | 0 min | 23:24 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Sydney | 05:20 → 01:27 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Suva | 07:20 → 03:27 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 8 Nov |