Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2018

Wednesday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 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 Tuesday 6 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 00:57:17
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 7 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā ends 00:02:02
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

24 of 48 minutes covered, the first 24

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 00:57 on Wed 7 Nov to 00:02 on Thu 8 Nov.

    2018-11-06T16:57:18Z → 2018-11-07T16:02:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 6th, 23:38–00:26 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 24 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 1435 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2018: Wednesday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2018 falls on Wednesday 7 November. Amāvasyā runs from 00:57 on Wed 7 Nov to 00:02 on Thu 8 Nov and covers 24 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2018/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 6thCoveredNiśītha 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:57 → 08:0223:1348 min23:130 min6 Nov
Chicago10:57 → 10:0223:1148 min23:110 min6 Nov
Jersey City11:57 → 11:0223:1648 min23:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain12:57 → 12:0223:2648 min23:260 min6 Nov
London16:57 → 16:0223:2148 min23:210 min6 Nov
Durban18:57 → 18:0223:1548 min23:150 min6 Nov
Dubai20:57 → 20:0223:3948 min23:390 min6 Nov
Delhi22:27 → 21:3223:4148 min23:410 min6 Nov
Kolkata22:27 → 21:3222:5648 min22:560 min6 Nov
Singapore00:57 → 00:0200:2415 min00:240 min6 Nov
Sydney03:57 → 03:0200:150 min00:1548 min7 Nov
Suva05:57 → 05:0200:260 min00:2648 min7 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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