Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1963

Wednesday 16 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 177 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 16 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 17 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

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 18:45 on Wed 16 Oct to 20:43 on Thu 17 Oct.

    1963-10-16T10:44:55Z → 1963-10-17T12:42:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 16th, 23:40–00:28 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 10637 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1963: Wednesday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1963 falls on Wednesday 16 October. Amāvasyā runs from 18:45 on Wed 16 Oct to 20:43 on Thu 17 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 16thCoveredNiśītha 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:45 → 05:4300:1548 min00:150 min16 Oct
Chicago05:45 → 07:4300:1348 min00:120 min16 Oct
Jersey City06:45 → 08:4300:1848 min00:180 min16 Oct
Port of Spain06:45 → 08:4323:2848 min23:280 min16 Oct
London11:45 → 13:4300:2348 min00:220 min16 Oct
Durban12:45 → 14:4323:1748 min23:170 min16 Oct
Dubai14:45 → 16:4323:4148 min23:400 min16 Oct
Delhi16:15 → 18:1323:4348 min23:430 min16 Oct
Kolkata16:15 → 18:1322:5848 min22:580 min16 Oct
Singapore18:15 → 20:1323:5648 min23:560 min16 Oct
Sydney20:45 → 22:4323:1748 min23:160 min16 Oct
Suva22:45 → 00:4323:2848 min23:2848 min16 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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