Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1982

Sunday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 29 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 Sunday 14 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 15 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:39  00:27 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā ends 23:09:53
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 22:16 on Sun 14 Nov to 23:10 on Mon 15 Nov.

    1982-11-14T14:15:55Z → 1982-11-15T15:09:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 14th, 23:39–00:27 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 1748 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1982: Sunday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1982 falls on Sunday 14 November. Amāvasyā runs from 22:16 on Sun 14 Nov to 23:10 on Mon 15 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 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 14thCoveredNiśītha 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:16 → 07:1023:1448 min23:140 min14 Nov
Chicago08:16 → 09:1023:1148 min23:120 min14 Nov
Jersey City09:16 → 10:1023:1748 min23:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain10:16 → 11:1023:2748 min23:270 min14 Nov
London14:16 → 15:1023:2148 min23:220 min14 Nov
Durban16:16 → 17:1023:1648 min23:160 min14 Nov
Dubai18:16 → 19:1023:3948 min23:400 min14 Nov
Delhi19:46 → 20:4023:4248 min23:420 min14 Nov
Kolkata19:46 → 20:4022:5748 min22:570 min14 Nov
Singapore22:16 → 23:1000:2548 min00:250 min14 Nov
Sydney01:16 → 02:1000:150 min00:1648 min15 Nov
Suva02:16 → 03:1023:270 min23:2748 min15 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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