Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2031

Friday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 283 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 Thursday 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

Night of Friday 14 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 06:55 on Fri 14 Nov to 05:10 on Sat 15 Nov.

    2031-11-13T22:54:31Z → 2031-11-14T21:09:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 13th, 23:39–00:27 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 16969 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2031: Friday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2031 falls on Friday 14 November. Amāvasyā runs from 06:55 on Fri 14 Nov to 05:10 on Sat 15 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2031/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 14 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 13thCoveredNiśītha 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:55 → 13:1023:1448 min23:140 min13 Nov
Chicago16:55 → 15:1023:1148 min23:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City17:55 → 16:1023:1748 min23:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain18:55 → 17:1023:2648 min23:270 min13 Nov
London22:55 → 21:1023:2148 min23:210 min13 Nov
Durban00:55 → 23:1023:160 min23:160 min13 Nov
Dubai02:55 → 01:1023:390 min23:3948 min14 Nov
Delhi04:25 → 02:4023:420 min23:4248 min14 Nov
Kolkata04:25 → 02:4022:570 min22:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore06:55 → 05:1000:250 min00:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney09:55 → 08:1000:150 min00:1548 min14 Nov
Suva10:55 → 09:1023:260 min23:2748 min14 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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