Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2026

Sunday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 516 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 8 November

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 Monday 9 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 13:58 on Sun 8 Nov to 15:02 on Mon 9 Nov.

    2026-11-08T05:58:23Z → 2026-11-09T07:02:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 8th, 23:38–00:26 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 30970 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2026: Sunday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November. Amāvasyā runs from 13:58 on Sun 8 Nov to 15:02 on Mon 9 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2026/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 8 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 8thCoveredNiśītha 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:58 → 23:0223:130 min23:130 min7 Nov
Chicago23:58 → 01:0223:1148 min23:110 min8 Nov
Jersey City00:58 → 02:0223:1648 min23:170 min8 Nov
Port of Spain01:58 → 03:0223:2648 min23:260 min8 Nov
London05:58 → 07:0223:2148 min23:210 min8 Nov
Durban07:58 → 09:0223:1548 min23:160 min8 Nov
Dubai09:58 → 11:0223:3948 min23:390 min8 Nov
Delhi11:28 → 12:3223:4148 min23:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata11:28 → 12:3222:5648 min22:570 min8 Nov
Singapore13:58 → 15:0200:2448 min00:240 min8 Nov
Sydney16:58 → 18:0200:1548 min00:150 min8 Nov
Suva17:58 → 19:0223:2648 min23:260 min8 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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