Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1947

Wednesday 12 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 214 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 Tuesday 11 November

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

Night of Wednesday 12 November

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

Amāvasyā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 04:01 on Wed 12 Nov to 04:01 on Thu 13 Nov.

    1947-11-11T20:01:19Z → 1947-11-12T20:00:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 11th, 23:39–00:27 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 12861 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1947: Wednesday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1947 falls on Wednesday 12 November. Amāvasyā runs from 04:01 on Wed 12 Nov to 04:01 on Thu 13 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 Nov
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 11thCoveredNiśītha 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:01 → 12:0123:1348 min23:130 min11 Nov
Chicago14:01 → 14:0123:1148 min23:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City15:01 → 15:0123:1748 min23:170 min11 Nov
Port of Spain16:01 → 16:0123:2648 min23:260 min11 Nov
London20:01 → 20:0123:2148 min23:210 min11 Nov
Durban22:01 → 22:0123:1648 min23:160 min11 Nov
Dubai00:01 → 00:0123:3926 min23:3922 min11 Nov
Delhi01:31 → 01:3123:410 min23:4148 min12 Nov
Kolkata01:31 → 01:3122:570 min22:5748 min12 Nov
Singapore03:31 → 03:3123:550 min23:5548 min12 Nov
Sydney06:01 → 06:0123:150 min23:1548 min12 Nov
Suva08:01 → 08:0123:260 min23:2648 min12 Nov
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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