Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2030

Saturday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 231 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 Friday 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

Night of Saturday 26 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 07:11 on Sat 26 Oct to 04:17 on Sun 27 Oct.

    2030-10-25T23:11:10Z → 2030-10-26T20:17:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 25th, 23:38–00:26 on the 26th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 13836 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2030: Saturday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2030 falls on Saturday 26 October. Amāvasyā runs from 07:11 on Sat 26 Oct to 04:17 on Sun 27 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2030/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 25thCoveredNiśītha 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:11 → 13:1700:1348 min00:130 min25 Oct
Chicago18:11 → 15:1700:1148 min00:110 min25 Oct
Jersey City19:11 → 16:1700:1748 min00:170 min25 Oct
Port of Spain19:11 → 16:1723:2648 min23:260 min25 Oct
London00:11 → 21:1700:2148 min00:210 min25 Oct
Durban01:11 → 22:1723:160 min23:160 min25 Oct
Dubai03:11 → 00:1723:390 min23:3938 min26 Oct
Delhi04:41 → 01:4723:410 min23:4148 min26 Oct
Kolkata04:41 → 01:4722:570 min22:5748 min26 Oct
Singapore07:11 → 04:1700:250 min00:2548 min26 Oct
Sydney10:11 → 07:1700:150 min00:1548 min26 Oct
Suva11:11 → 08:1723:260 min23:2648 min26 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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