Night of Saturday 7 November
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 00:38 01:26 niśītha ends
23:5000:1400:3801:0201:2601:5002:14
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1942
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 Saturday 7 November
Taken. Amāvasyā reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 8 November
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 02:58 on Sun 8 Nov to 00:19 on Mon 9 Nov.
1942-11-07T17:58:19Z → 1942-11-08T15:18:59Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:38–01:26 on the 7th, 00:38–01:26 on the 8th.
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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.
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 1155 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1942: Saturday 7 November.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1942 falls on Saturday 7 November. Amāvasyā runs from 02:58 on Sun 8 Nov to 00:19 on Mon 9 Nov, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 7 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 7 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 7 Nov |
| 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 7th | Covered | Niśītha 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:58 → 08:19 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Chicago | 12:58 → 10:19 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Jersey City | 13:58 → 11:19 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 14:58 → 12:19 | 00:26 | 48 min | 00:26 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| London | 18:58 → 16:19 | 00:21 | 48 min | 00:21 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Durban | 20:58 → 18:19 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:58 → 19:19 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Delhi | 00:28 → 21:49 | 00:41 | 48 min | 00:41 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Kolkata | 00:28 → 21:49 | 23:56 | 16 min | 23:56 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Singapore | 02:58 → 00:19 | 01:24 | 0 min | 01:24 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:58 → 02:19 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Suva | 05:58 → 03:19 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 8 Nov |