Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1967

Wednesday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 365 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 1 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 Thursday 2 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 17:33 on Wed 1 Nov to 13:48 on Thu 2 Nov.

    1967-11-01T09:32:48Z → 1967-11-02T05:48:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 1st, 23:38–00:26 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 21918 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1967: Wednesday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1967 falls on Wednesday 1 November. Amāvasyā runs from 17:33 on Wed 1 Nov to 13:48 on Thu 2 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1967/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 1stCoveredNiśītha 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:33 → 21:4823:130 min23:130 min31 Oct
Chicago03:33 → 23:4823:1138 min23:110 min1 Nov
Jersey City04:33 → 00:4823:1648 min23:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain05:33 → 01:4823:2648 min23:260 min1 Nov
London09:33 → 05:4823:2148 min23:210 min1 Nov
Durban11:33 → 07:4823:1548 min23:150 min1 Nov
Dubai13:33 → 09:4823:3948 min23:390 min1 Nov
Delhi15:03 → 11:1823:4148 min23:410 min1 Nov
Kolkata15:03 → 11:1822:5648 min22:560 min1 Nov
Singapore17:03 → 13:1823:5448 min23:540 min1 Nov
Sydney19:33 → 15:4823:1548 min23:150 min1 Nov
Suva21:33 → 17:4823:2648 min23:260 min1 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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