Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1965

Saturday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 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 23 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:39  00:27 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:53:02
22:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:5101:15

34 of 48 minutes covered, the last 34

Night of Sunday 24 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 23:53 on Sat 23 Oct to 22:11 on Sun 24 Oct.

    1965-10-23T15:53:02Z → 1965-10-24T14:11:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 23rd, 23:39–00:27 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 34 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 853 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1965: Saturday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1965 falls on Saturday 23 October. Amāvasyā runs from 23:53 on Sat 23 Oct to 22:11 on Sun 24 Oct and covers 34 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1965/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 23 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 23rdCoveredNiśītha 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:53 → 07:1100:1448 min00:130 min23 Oct
Chicago10:53 → 09:1100:1148 min00:110 min23 Oct
Jersey City11:53 → 10:1100:1748 min00:170 min23 Oct
Port of Spain11:53 → 10:1123:2648 min23:260 min23 Oct
London16:53 → 14:1100:2148 min23:210 min23 Oct
Durban17:53 → 16:1123:1648 min23:160 min23 Oct
Dubai19:53 → 18:1123:3948 min23:390 min23 Oct
Delhi21:23 → 19:4123:4248 min23:410 min23 Oct
Kolkata21:23 → 19:4122:5748 min22:570 min23 Oct
Singapore23:23 → 21:4123:5548 min23:550 min23 Oct
Sydney01:53 → 00:1123:150 min23:1548 min24 Oct
Suva03:53 → 02:1123:270 min23:2648 min24 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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