Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2022

Monday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 221 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 Monday 24 October

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 Tuesday 25 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 19:58 on Mon 24 Oct to 18:49 on Tue 25 Oct.

    2022-10-24T11:57:37Z → 2022-10-25T10:48:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 24th, 23:39–00:27 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 13262 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2022: Monday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2022 falls on Monday 24 October. Amāvasyā runs from 19:58 on Mon 24 Oct to 18:49 on Tue 25 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 24 Oct
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 24thCoveredNiśītha 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:58 → 03:4900:1348 min00:130 min24 Oct
Chicago06:58 → 05:4900:1148 min00:110 min24 Oct
Jersey City07:58 → 06:4900:1748 min00:170 min24 Oct
Port of Spain07:58 → 06:4923:2648 min23:260 min24 Oct
London12:58 → 11:4900:2148 min00:210 min24 Oct
Durban13:58 → 12:4923:1648 min23:160 min24 Oct
Dubai15:58 → 14:4923:3948 min23:390 min24 Oct
Delhi17:28 → 16:1923:4148 min23:410 min24 Oct
Kolkata17:28 → 16:1922:5748 min22:570 min24 Oct
Singapore19:58 → 18:4900:2548 min00:250 min24 Oct
Sydney22:58 → 21:4900:1548 min00:150 min24 Oct
Suva23:58 → 22:4923:2617 min23:260 min24 Oct
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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