Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1961

Tuesday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 340 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 7 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 8 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 17:51 on Tue 7 Nov to 17:58 on Wed 8 Nov.

    1961-11-07T09:50:37Z → 1961-11-08T09:58:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 7th, 23:38–00:26 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 20390 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1961: Tuesday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1961 falls on Tuesday 7 November. Amāvasyā runs from 17:51 on Tue 7 Nov to 17:58 on Wed 8 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 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 7thCoveredNiśītha 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:51 → 01:5823:1348 min23:130 min7 Nov
Chicago03:51 → 03:5823:1148 min23:110 min7 Nov
Jersey City04:51 → 04:5823:1648 min23:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain05:51 → 05:5823:2648 min23:260 min7 Nov
London09:51 → 09:5823:2148 min23:210 min7 Nov
Durban11:51 → 11:5823:1548 min23:160 min7 Nov
Dubai13:51 → 13:5823:3948 min23:390 min7 Nov
Delhi15:21 → 15:2823:4148 min23:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata15:21 → 15:2822:5648 min22:560 min7 Nov
Singapore17:21 → 17:2823:5448 min23:540 min7 Nov
Sydney19:51 → 19:5823:1548 min23:150 min7 Nov
Suva21:51 → 21:5823:2648 min23:260 min7 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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