Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2013

Saturday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 55 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 2 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 Sunday 3 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 22:43 on Sat 2 Nov to 20:50 on Sun 3 Nov.

    2013-11-02T14:43:07Z → 2013-11-03T12:49:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 2nd, 23:38–00:26 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 3295 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2013: Saturday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2013 falls on Saturday 2 November. Amāvasyā runs from 22:43 on Sat 2 Nov to 20:50 on Sun 3 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 2ndCoveredNiśītha 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:43 → 04:5000:1348 min23:130 min2 Nov
Chicago09:43 → 06:5000:1148 min23:110 min2 Nov
Jersey City10:43 → 07:5000:1648 min23:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain10:43 → 08:5023:2648 min23:260 min2 Nov
London14:43 → 12:5023:2148 min23:210 min2 Nov
Durban16:43 → 14:5023:1548 min23:150 min2 Nov
Dubai18:43 → 16:5023:3848 min23:380 min2 Nov
Delhi20:13 → 18:2023:4148 min23:410 min2 Nov
Kolkata20:13 → 18:2022:5648 min22:560 min2 Nov
Singapore22:43 → 20:5000:2448 min00:240 min2 Nov
Sydney01:43 → 23:5000:150 min00:150 min2 Nov
Suva03:43 → 01:5000:260 min00:2648 min3 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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