Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1928

Sunday 11 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 363 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Sunday 11 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

Night of Monday 12 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 15:12 on Sun 11 Nov to 17:35 on Mon 12 Nov.

    1928-11-11T07:11:38Z → 1928-11-12T09:35:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 11th, 23:39–00:27 on the 12th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 21806 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1928: Sunday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1928 falls on Sunday 11 November. Amāvasyā runs from 15:12 on Sun 11 Nov to 17:35 on Mon 12 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1928/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 11 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 11thCoveredNiśītha 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:12 → 01:3523:1348 min23:140 min10 Nov
Chicago01:12 → 03:3523:1148 min23:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City02:12 → 04:3523:1748 min23:170 min11 Nov
Port of Spain03:12 → 05:3523:2648 min23:260 min11 Nov
London07:12 → 09:3523:2148 min23:210 min11 Nov
Durban09:12 → 11:3523:1648 min23:160 min11 Nov
Dubai11:12 → 13:3523:3948 min23:390 min11 Nov
Delhi12:42 → 15:0523:4148 min23:420 min11 Nov
Kolkata12:42 → 15:0522:5748 min22:570 min11 Nov
Singapore14:12 → 16:3523:2548 min23:250 min11 Nov
Sydney17:12 → 19:3523:1548 min23:150 min11 Nov
Suva19:12 → 21:3523:2648 min23:260 min11 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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