Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1943

Thursday 28 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 573 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 Wednesday 27 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:38  01:26 niśītha ends
23:5000:1400:3801:0201:2601:5002:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 28 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 00:38  01:26 niśītha ends
23:5000:1400:3801:0201:2601:5002:14

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 11:01 on Thu 28 Oct to 10:59 on Fri 29 Oct.

    1943-10-28T02:00:55Z → 1943-10-29T01:59:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:38–01:26 on the 27th, 00:38–01:26 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 34367 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1943: Thursday 28 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1943 falls on Thursday 28 October. Amāvasyā runs from 11:01 on Thu 28 Oct to 10:59 on Fri 29 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 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 28thCoveredNiśītha 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:01 → 18:5900:130 min00:130 min27 Oct
Chicago21:01 → 20:5900:110 min00:110 min27 Oct
Jersey City22:01 → 21:5900:170 min00:160 min27 Oct
Port of Spain23:01 → 22:5900:260 min00:260 min27 Oct
London03:01 → 02:5900:2148 min00:210 min28 Oct
Durban05:01 → 04:5900:1648 min00:160 min28 Oct
Dubai06:01 → 05:5923:3948 min23:390 min28 Oct
Delhi08:31 → 08:2900:4148 min00:410 min28 Oct
Kolkata08:31 → 08:2923:5748 min23:570 min28 Oct
Singapore11:01 → 10:5901:2548 min01:240 min28 Oct
Sydney13:01 → 12:5900:1548 min00:150 min28 Oct
Suva14:01 → 13:5923:2648 min23:260 min28 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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