Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1970

Thursday 29 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 550 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 Thursday 29 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 Friday 30 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 13:32 on Thu 29 Oct to 14:28 on Fri 30 Oct.

    1970-10-29T05:31:54Z → 1970-10-30T06:27:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 29th, 23:38–00:26 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 33017 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1970: Thursday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1970 falls on Thursday 29 October. Amāvasyā runs from 13:32 on Thu 29 Oct to 14:28 on Fri 30 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1970/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 29 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 29thCoveredNiśītha 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:32 → 22:2823:130 min23:130 min28 Oct
Chicago23:32 → 00:2823:1148 min23:110 min29 Oct
Jersey City00:32 → 01:2823:1648 min23:160 min29 Oct
Port of Spain01:32 → 02:2823:2648 min23:260 min29 Oct
London06:32 → 07:2800:2148 min00:210 min29 Oct
Durban07:32 → 08:2823:1548 min23:150 min29 Oct
Dubai09:32 → 10:2823:3948 min23:390 min29 Oct
Delhi11:02 → 11:5823:4148 min23:410 min29 Oct
Kolkata11:02 → 11:5822:5648 min22:560 min29 Oct
Singapore13:02 → 13:5823:5448 min23:540 min29 Oct
Sydney15:32 → 16:2823:1548 min23:150 min29 Oct
Suva17:32 → 18:2823:2648 min23:260 min29 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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