Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1930

Tuesday 21 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 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 20 October

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 Tuesday 21 October

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 08:16 on Tue 21 Oct to 05:48 on Wed 22 Oct.

    1930-10-21T00:16:25Z → 1930-10-21T21:47:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 20th, 23:39–00:27 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 19218 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1930: Tuesday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1930 falls on Tuesday 21 October. Amāvasyā runs from 08:16 on Tue 21 Oct to 05:48 on Wed 22 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1930/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 21 Oct
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 21stCoveredNiśītha 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:16 → 13:4823:140 min23:140 min20 Oct
Chicago18:16 → 15:4823:120 min23:110 min20 Oct
Jersey City19:16 → 16:4823:170 min23:170 min20 Oct
Port of Spain20:16 → 17:4823:270 min23:270 min20 Oct
London00:16 → 21:4823:220 min23:220 min20 Oct
Durban02:16 → 23:4823:1631 min23:160 min21 Oct
Dubai04:16 → 01:4823:4048 min23:400 min21 Oct
Delhi05:46 → 03:1823:4248 min23:420 min21 Oct
Kolkata05:46 → 03:1822:5748 min22:570 min21 Oct
Singapore07:16 → 04:4823:2548 min23:250 min21 Oct
Sydney10:16 → 07:4823:1648 min23:160 min21 Oct
Suva12:16 → 09:4823:2748 min23:270 min21 Oct
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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