Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2020

Saturday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 411 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 14 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:39  00:27 niśītha ends
22:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:5101:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 15 November

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 16:48 on Sat 14 Nov to 13:07 on Sun 15 Nov.

    2020-11-14T08:48:13Z → 2020-11-15T05:07:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 14th, 23:39–00:27 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 24644 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2020: Saturday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2020 falls on Saturday 14 November. Amāvasyā runs from 16:48 on Sat 14 Nov to 13:07 on Sun 15 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2020/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 14 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 14thCoveredNiśītha 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:48 → 21:0723:140 min23:140 min13 Nov
Chicago02:48 → 23:0723:120 min23:120 min13 Nov
Jersey City03:48 → 00:0723:1748 min23:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain04:48 → 01:0723:2748 min23:270 min14 Nov
London08:48 → 05:0723:2248 min23:220 min14 Nov
Durban10:48 → 07:0723:1648 min23:160 min14 Nov
Dubai12:48 → 09:0723:3948 min23:400 min14 Nov
Delhi14:18 → 10:3723:4248 min23:420 min14 Nov
Kolkata14:18 → 10:3722:5748 min22:570 min14 Nov
Singapore16:48 → 13:0700:2548 min00:250 min14 Nov
Sydney19:48 → 16:0700:1648 min00:160 min14 Nov
Suva20:48 → 17:0723:2748 min23:270 min14 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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