Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1935

Saturday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 323 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 Saturday 26 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

Night of Sunday 27 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

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 16:30 on Sat 26 Oct to 18:15 on Sun 27 Oct.

    1935-10-26T08:30:03Z → 1935-10-27T10:15:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 26th, 23:38–00:26 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 19386 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1935: Saturday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1935 falls on Saturday 26 October. Amāvasyā runs from 16:30 on Sat 26 Oct to 18:15 on Sun 27 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1935/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 26thCoveredNiśītha 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:30 → 02:1523:1348 min23:130 min26 Oct
Chicago02:30 → 04:1523:1148 min23:110 min26 Oct
Jersey City03:30 → 05:1523:1748 min23:170 min26 Oct
Port of Spain04:30 → 06:1523:2648 min23:260 min26 Oct
London08:30 → 10:1523:2148 min23:210 min26 Oct
Durban10:30 → 12:1523:1648 min23:160 min26 Oct
Dubai12:30 → 14:1523:3948 min23:390 min26 Oct
Delhi14:00 → 15:4523:4148 min23:410 min26 Oct
Kolkata14:00 → 15:4522:5748 min22:570 min26 Oct
Singapore15:50 → 17:3523:4548 min23:450 min26 Oct
Sydney18:30 → 20:1523:1548 min23:150 min26 Oct
Suva20:30 → 22:1523:2648 min23:260 min26 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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