Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1977

Thursday 10 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 316 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 10 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 Friday 11 November

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 18:22 on Thu 10 Nov to 15:09 on Fri 11 Nov.

    1977-11-10T10:22:22Z → 1977-11-11T07:09:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 10th, 23:39–00:27 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 18963 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1977: Thursday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1977 falls on Thursday 10 November. Amāvasyā runs from 18:22 on Thu 10 Nov to 15:09 on Fri 11 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 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 10thCoveredNiśītha 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:22 → 23:0923:130 min23:130 min9 Nov
Chicago04:22 → 01:0923:1148 min23:110 min10 Nov
Jersey City05:22 → 02:0923:1748 min23:170 min10 Nov
Port of Spain06:22 → 03:0923:2648 min23:260 min10 Nov
London10:22 → 07:0923:2148 min23:210 min10 Nov
Durban12:22 → 09:0923:1648 min23:160 min10 Nov
Dubai14:22 → 11:0923:3948 min23:390 min10 Nov
Delhi15:52 → 12:3923:4148 min23:410 min10 Nov
Kolkata15:52 → 12:3922:5748 min22:570 min10 Nov
Singapore17:52 → 14:3923:5548 min23:550 min10 Nov
Sydney21:22 → 18:0900:1548 min00:150 min10 Nov
Suva22:22 → 19:0923:2648 min23:260 min10 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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