Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1991

Tuesday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 267 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 Tuesday 5 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 Wednesday 6 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 19:07 on Tue 5 Nov to 19:11 on Wed 6 Nov.

    1991-11-05T11:07:10Z → 1991-11-06T11:11:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 5th, 23:38–00:26 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 16026 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1991: Tuesday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1991 falls on Tuesday 5 November. Amāvasyā runs from 19:07 on Tue 5 Nov to 19:11 on Wed 6 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1991/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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 5thCoveredNiśītha 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:07 → 03:1123:1348 min23:130 min5 Nov
Chicago05:07 → 05:1123:1148 min23:110 min5 Nov
Jersey City06:07 → 06:1123:1648 min23:160 min5 Nov
Port of Spain07:07 → 07:1123:2648 min23:260 min5 Nov
London11:07 → 11:1123:2148 min23:210 min5 Nov
Durban13:07 → 13:1123:1548 min23:150 min5 Nov
Dubai15:07 → 15:1123:3948 min23:390 min5 Nov
Delhi16:37 → 16:4123:4148 min23:410 min5 Nov
Kolkata16:37 → 16:4122:5648 min22:560 min5 Nov
Singapore19:07 → 19:1100:2448 min00:240 min5 Nov
Sydney22:07 → 22:1100:1548 min00:150 min5 Nov
Suva23:07 → 23:1123:2648 min23:260 min5 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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