Night of Wednesday 22 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
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2014
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 278 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 22 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 23 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 05:05 on Thu 23 Oct to 05:57 on Fri 24 Oct.
2014-10-22T21:05:04Z → 2014-10-23T21:56:40Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 22nd, 23:39–00:27 on the 23rd.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 16687 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2014: Thursday 23 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2014 falls on Thursday 23 October. Amāvasyā runs from 05:05 on Thu 23 Oct to 05:57 on Fri 24 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 23 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 23 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 23 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Amāvasyā | Niśītha 22nd | Covered | Niśītha 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:05 → 14:57 | 00:14 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:05 → 16:57 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:05 → 17:57 | 00:17 | 48 min | 00:17 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:05 → 17:57 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 22:05 → 22:57 | 00:21 | 48 min | 00:21 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 23:05 → 23:57 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 41 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:05 → 01:57 | 23:39 | 0 min | 23:39 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Delhi | 02:35 → 03:27 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Kolkata | 02:35 → 03:27 | 22:57 | 0 min | 22:57 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 05:05 → 05:57 | 00:25 | 0 min | 00:25 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:05 → 08:57 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 09:05 → 09:57 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 23 Oct |