Night of Sunday 19 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 00:39 01:27 niśītha ends
23:5100:1500:3901:0301:2701:5102:15
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1941
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 Sunday 19 October
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 20 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 02:42 on Mon 20 Oct to 23:20 on Mon 20 Oct.
1941-10-19T17:42:06Z → 1941-10-20T14:19:43Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:39–01:27 on the 19th, 00:39–01:27 on the 20th.
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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.
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 4476 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1941: Sunday 19 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1941 falls on Sunday 19 October. Amāvasyā runs from 02:42 on Mon 20 Oct to 23:20 on Mon 20 Oct, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 19 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 19 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 19 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 19th | Covered | Niśītha 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:42 → 06:20 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:42 → 08:20 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:42 → 09:20 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 13:42 → 10:20 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 18:42 → 15:20 | 00:22 | 48 min | 00:22 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Durban | 19:42 → 16:20 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Dubai | 21:42 → 18:20 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:12 → 20:50 | 00:42 | 48 min | 00:42 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:12 → 20:50 | 23:58 | 34 min | 23:58 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:12 → 21:50 | 23:56 | 0 min | 23:55 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:42 → 00:20 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 05:42 → 02:20 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 20 Oct |