Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1992

Sunday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 247 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 Saturday 24 October

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

Night of Sunday 25 October

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

Amāvasyā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 07:07 on Sun 25 Oct to 04:34 on Mon 26 Oct.

    1992-10-24T23:07:24Z → 1992-10-25T20:33:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 24th, 23:39–00:27 on the 25th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 14834 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1992: Sunday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1992 falls on Sunday 25 October. Amāvasyā runs from 07:07 on Sun 25 Oct to 04:34 on Mon 26 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 25 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 24thCoveredNiśītha 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:07 → 12:3400:1348 min23:130 min24 Oct
Chicago18:07 → 14:3400:1148 min23:110 min24 Oct
Jersey City19:07 → 15:3400:1748 min23:170 min24 Oct
Port of Spain19:07 → 16:3423:2648 min23:260 min24 Oct
London00:07 → 20:3400:2148 min23:210 min24 Oct
Durban01:07 → 22:3423:160 min23:160 min24 Oct
Dubai03:07 → 00:3423:390 min23:3948 min25 Oct
Delhi04:37 → 02:0423:410 min23:4148 min25 Oct
Kolkata04:37 → 02:0422:570 min22:5748 min25 Oct
Singapore07:07 → 04:3400:250 min00:2548 min25 Oct
Sydney10:07 → 07:3423:150 min00:1548 min25 Oct
Suva11:07 → 08:3423:260 min23:2648 min25 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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