Night of Monday 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
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1978
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 220 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 30 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 31 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 05:05 on Tue 31 Oct to 04:07 on Wed 1 Nov.
1978-10-30T21:05:21Z → 1978-10-31T20:06:31Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 30th, 23:38–00:26 on the 31st.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 13224 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1978: Tuesday 31 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1978 falls on Tuesday 31 October. Amāvasyā runs from 05:05 on Tue 31 Oct to 04:07 on Wed 1 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 31 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 31 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 31 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Amāvasyā | Niśītha 30th | Covered | Niśītha 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:05 → 12:07 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Chicago | 15:05 → 14:07 | 23:11 | 48 min | 23:11 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Jersey City | 16:05 → 15:07 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:05 → 16:07 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| London | 21:05 → 20:07 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Durban | 23:05 → 22:07 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:05 → 00:07 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 28 min | 31 Oct |
| Delhi | 02:35 → 01:37 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Kolkata | 02:35 → 01:37 | 22:56 | 0 min | 22:56 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Singapore | 04:35 → 03:37 | 23:54 | 0 min | 23:54 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:05 → 07:07 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Suva | 09:05 → 08:07 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 31 Oct |