Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2024

Thursday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 171 minutes.

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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 Thursday 31 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 1 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

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

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 18:23 on Thu 31 Oct to 20:47 on Fri 1 Nov.

    2024-10-31T10:23:22Z → 2024-11-01T12:47:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 31st, 23:38–00:26 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 10252 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2024: Thursday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2024 falls on Thursday 31 October. Amāvasyā runs from 18:23 on Thu 31 Oct to 20:47 on Fri 1 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 31 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 31stCoveredNiśītha 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:23 → 05:4700:1348 min00:130 min31 Oct
Chicago05:23 → 07:4700:1148 min00:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City06:23 → 08:4700:1648 min00:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain06:23 → 08:4723:2648 min23:260 min31 Oct
London10:23 → 12:4723:2148 min23:210 min31 Oct
Durban12:23 → 14:4723:1548 min23:150 min31 Oct
Dubai14:23 → 16:4723:3948 min23:380 min31 Oct
Delhi15:53 → 18:1723:4148 min23:410 min31 Oct
Kolkata15:53 → 18:1722:5648 min22:560 min31 Oct
Singapore18:23 → 20:4700:2448 min00:240 min31 Oct
Sydney21:23 → 23:4700:1548 min00:150 min31 Oct
Suva22:23 → 00:4723:2648 min23:2648 min31 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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