Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1962

Saturday 27 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 154 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 Saturday 27 October

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 Sunday 28 October

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 18:48 on Sat 27 Oct to 21:05 on Sun 28 Oct.

    1962-10-27T10:48:09Z → 1962-10-28T13:04:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 27th, 23:38–00:26 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 0 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 9213 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1962: Saturday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1962 falls on Saturday 27 October. Amāvasyā runs from 18:48 on Sat 27 Oct to 21:05 on Sun 28 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 27 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 27thCoveredNiśītha 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:48 → 05:0500:1348 min23:130 min27 Oct
Chicago05:48 → 07:0500:1148 min23:110 min27 Oct
Jersey City06:48 → 08:0500:1748 min23:160 min27 Oct
Port of Spain06:48 → 09:0523:2648 min23:260 min27 Oct
London11:48 → 13:0500:2148 min23:210 min27 Oct
Durban12:48 → 15:0523:1648 min23:160 min27 Oct
Dubai14:48 → 17:0523:3948 min23:390 min27 Oct
Delhi16:18 → 18:3523:4148 min23:410 min27 Oct
Kolkata16:18 → 18:3522:5748 min22:570 min27 Oct
Singapore18:18 → 20:3523:5548 min23:540 min27 Oct
Sydney20:48 → 23:0523:1548 min23:150 min27 Oct
Suva22:48 → 01:0523:2648 min23:2648 min27 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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