Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 1999

Sunday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 579 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 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

Night of Sunday 7 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 10:05 on Sun 7 Nov to 11:53 on Mon 8 Nov.

    1999-11-07T02:05:20Z → 1999-11-08T03:53:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 6th, 23:38–00:26 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 34755 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 1999: Sunday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 1999 falls on Sunday 7 November. Amāvasyā runs from 10:05 on Sun 7 Nov to 11:53 on Mon 8 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1999/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 7thCoveredNiśītha 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:05 → 19:5323:130 min23:130 min6 Nov
Chicago20:05 → 21:5323:110 min23:110 min6 Nov
Jersey City21:05 → 22:5323:160 min23:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain22:05 → 23:5323:2627 min23:260 min6 Nov
London02:05 → 03:5323:2148 min23:210 min7 Nov
Durban04:05 → 05:5323:1548 min23:150 min7 Nov
Dubai06:05 → 07:5323:3948 min23:390 min7 Nov
Delhi07:35 → 09:2323:4148 min23:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata07:35 → 09:2322:5648 min22:560 min7 Nov
Singapore10:05 → 11:5300:2448 min00:240 min7 Nov
Sydney13:05 → 14:5300:1548 min00:150 min7 Nov
Suva15:05 → 16:5300:2648 min00:260 min7 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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