Night of Saturday 29 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
niśītha begins 23:38 00:26 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:10:18
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2016
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both nights qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Saturday 29 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 30 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:10 on Sat 29 Oct to 01:38 on Mon 31 Oct.
2016-10-29T15:10:19Z → 2016-10-30T17:38:10Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 29th, 23:38–00:26 on the 30th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1670 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2016: Saturday 29 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2016 falls on Saturday 29 October. Amāvasyā runs from 23:10 on Sat 29 Oct to 01:38 on Mon 31 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 29 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 29 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 30 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 29th | Covered | Niśītha 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:10 → 10:38 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:10 → 12:38 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:10 → 13:38 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 11:10 → 13:38 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| London | 16:10 → 17:38 | 00:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 17:10 → 19:38 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 19:10 → 21:38 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 20:40 → 23:08 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 20:40 → 23:08 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 12 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:10 → 01:38 | 00:24 | 48 min | 00:24 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:10 → 04:38 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 03:10 → 05:38 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 30 Oct |