Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1960

Wednesday 19 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 149 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 19 October

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

Night of Thursday 20 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 21:11 on Wed 19 Oct to 20:02 on Thu 20 Oct.

    1960-10-19T13:10:35Z → 1960-10-20T12:02:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 19th, 23:39–00:27 on the 20th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 8930 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1960: Wednesday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1960 falls on Wednesday 19 October. Amāvasyā runs from 21:11 on Wed 19 Oct to 20:02 on Thu 20 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1960/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 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 19thCoveredNiśītha 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:11 → 04:0223:1448 min23:140 min19 Oct
Chicago08:11 → 07:0200:1248 min00:120 min19 Oct
Jersey City09:11 → 08:0200:1848 min00:170 min19 Oct
Port of Spain09:11 → 08:0223:2748 min23:270 min19 Oct
London13:11 → 12:0223:2248 min23:220 min19 Oct
Durban15:11 → 14:0223:1748 min23:160 min19 Oct
Dubai17:11 → 16:0223:4048 min23:400 min19 Oct
Delhi18:41 → 17:3223:4248 min23:420 min19 Oct
Kolkata18:41 → 17:3222:5848 min22:570 min19 Oct
Singapore20:41 → 19:3223:5648 min23:550 min19 Oct
Sydney23:11 → 22:0223:1648 min23:160 min19 Oct
Suva01:11 → 00:0223:270 min23:2735 min20 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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