Night of Wednesday 18 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:40 00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2017
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 136 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 18 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 19 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 02:43 on Thu 19 Oct to 03:12 on Fri 20 Oct.
2017-10-18T18:43:18Z → 2017-10-19T19:12:03Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 18th, 23:39–00:27 on the 19th.
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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.
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 8145 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2017: Thursday 19 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2017 falls on Thursday 19 October. Amāvasyā runs from 02:43 on Thu 19 Oct to 03:12 on Fri 20 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 19 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 19 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 19 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 18th | Covered | Niśītha 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:43 → 12:12 | 00:14 | 48 min | 00:14 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Chicago | 13:43 → 14:12 | 00:12 | 48 min | 00:12 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Jersey City | 14:43 → 15:12 | 00:18 | 48 min | 00:17 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:43 → 15:12 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| London | 19:43 → 20:12 | 00:22 | 48 min | 00:22 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Durban | 20:43 → 21:12 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:43 → 23:12 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:13 → 00:42 | 23:42 | 17 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:13 → 00:42 | 22:58 | 0 min | 22:58 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Singapore | 02:43 → 03:12 | 00:26 | 0 min | 00:26 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Sydney | 05:43 → 06:12 | 00:16 | 0 min | 00:16 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Suva | 06:43 → 07:12 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 19 Oct |