Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2023

Sunday 12 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 371 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 Sunday 12 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 Monday 13 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 17:15 on Sun 12 Nov to 17:27 on Mon 13 Nov.

    2023-11-12T09:15:22Z → 2023-11-13T09:27:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 12th, 23:39–00:27 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 22277 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2023: Sunday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2023 falls on Sunday 12 November. Amāvasyā runs from 17:15 on Sun 12 Nov to 17:27 on Mon 13 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2023/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 12 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 12thCoveredNiśītha 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:15 → 01:2723:1348 min23:140 min12 Nov
Chicago03:15 → 03:2723:1148 min23:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City04:15 → 04:2723:1748 min23:170 min12 Nov
Port of Spain05:15 → 05:2723:2648 min23:260 min12 Nov
London09:15 → 09:2723:2148 min23:210 min12 Nov
Durban11:15 → 11:2723:1648 min23:160 min12 Nov
Dubai13:15 → 13:2723:3948 min23:390 min12 Nov
Delhi14:45 → 14:5723:4148 min23:420 min12 Nov
Kolkata14:45 → 14:5722:5748 min22:570 min12 Nov
Singapore17:15 → 17:2700:2548 min00:250 min12 Nov
Sydney20:15 → 20:2700:1548 min00:150 min12 Nov
Suva21:15 → 21:2723:2648 min23:260 min12 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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