Night of Friday 28 October
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 · 1932
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 Friday 28 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 29 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 02:39 on Sat 29 Oct to 22:56 on Sat 29 Oct.
1932-10-28T18:38:50Z → 1932-10-29T14:56:02Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 28th, 23:38–00:26 on the 29th.
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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.
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 2533 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1932: Friday 28 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1932 falls on Friday 28 October. Amāvasyā runs from 02:39 on Sat 29 Oct to 22:56 on Sat 29 Oct, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 28 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 28 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 28 Oct |
| 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 28th | Covered | Niśītha 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:39 → 06:56 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:39 → 08:56 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:39 → 09:56 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:39 → 10:56 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| London | 18:39 → 14:56 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Durban | 20:39 → 16:56 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:39 → 18:56 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:09 → 20:26 | 23:41 | 20 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:09 → 20:26 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:39 → 21:56 | 23:24 | 0 min | 23:24 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:39 → 00:56 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Suva | 06:39 → 02:56 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 29 Oct |