Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1997

Thursday 30 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 337 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 30 October

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 31 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 16:14 on Thu 30 Oct to 18:01 on Fri 31 Oct.

    1997-10-30T08:14:18Z → 1997-10-31T10:01:03Z

  2. 02

    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′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 20221 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1997: Thursday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1997 falls on Thursday 30 October. Amāvasyā runs from 16:14 on Thu 30 Oct to 18:01 on Fri 31 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 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 30thCoveredNiśītha 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:14 → 02:0123:1348 min23:130 min30 Oct
Chicago02:14 → 04:0123:1148 min23:110 min30 Oct
Jersey City03:14 → 05:0123:1648 min23:160 min30 Oct
Port of Spain04:14 → 06:0123:2648 min23:260 min30 Oct
London08:14 → 10:0123:2148 min23:210 min30 Oct
Durban10:14 → 12:0123:1548 min23:150 min30 Oct
Dubai12:14 → 14:0123:3948 min23:390 min30 Oct
Delhi13:44 → 15:3123:4148 min23:410 min30 Oct
Kolkata13:44 → 15:3122:5648 min22:560 min30 Oct
Singapore16:14 → 18:0100:2448 min00:240 min30 Oct
Sydney19:14 → 21:0100:1548 min00:150 min30 Oct
Suva20:14 → 22:0123:2648 min23:260 min30 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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