Night of Wednesday 23 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:39 00:27 niśītha ends
22:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:5101:15
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1946
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 356 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 23 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 24 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 06:23 on Thu 24 Oct to 07:32 on Fri 25 Oct.
1946-10-23T22:22:42Z → 1946-10-24T23:31:48Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 23rd, 23:39–00:27 on the 24th.
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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 21348 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1946: Thursday 24 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1946 falls on Thursday 24 October. Amāvasyā runs from 06:23 on Thu 24 Oct to 07:32 on Fri 25 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 24 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 24 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 24 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 23rd | Covered | Niśītha 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:23 → 15:32 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:23 → 17:32 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:23 → 18:32 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 18:23 → 19:32 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| London | 22:23 → 23:32 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 11 min | 23 Oct |
| Durban | 00:23 → 01:32 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Dubai | 02:23 → 03:32 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:53 → 05:02 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:53 → 05:02 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:57 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Singapore | 05:53 → 07:02 | 23:55 | 0 min | 23:55 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:23 → 09:32 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Suva | 10:23 → 11:32 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 24 Oct |