Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2008

Tuesday 28 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 Monday 27 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

Night of Tuesday 28 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 06:03 on Tue 28 Oct to 07:14 on Wed 29 Oct.

    2008-10-27T22:02:56Z → 2008-10-28T23:13:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 27th, 23:38–00:26 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 20199 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2008: Tuesday 28 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2008 falls on Tuesday 28 October. Amāvasyā runs from 06:03 on Tue 28 Oct to 07:14 on Wed 29 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 28 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 27thCoveredNiśītha 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:03 → 16:1400:1348 min00:130 min27 Oct
Chicago17:03 → 18:1400:1148 min00:110 min27 Oct
Jersey City18:03 → 19:1400:1648 min00:160 min27 Oct
Port of Spain18:03 → 19:1423:2648 min23:260 min27 Oct
London22:03 → 23:1423:2148 min23:210 min27 Oct
Durban00:03 → 01:1423:151 min23:1548 min28 Oct
Dubai02:03 → 03:1423:390 min23:3948 min28 Oct
Delhi03:33 → 04:4423:410 min23:4148 min28 Oct
Kolkata03:33 → 04:4422:570 min22:5648 min28 Oct
Singapore06:03 → 07:1400:240 min00:2448 min28 Oct
Sydney09:03 → 10:1400:150 min00:1548 min28 Oct
Suva10:03 → 11:1423:260 min23:2648 min28 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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