Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2040

Sunday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 150 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 Saturday 3 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

Night of Sunday 4 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 03:56 on Sun 4 Nov to 02:56 on Mon 5 Nov.

    2040-11-03T19:55:42Z → 2040-11-04T18:56:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 3rd, 23:38–00:26 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 9000 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2040: Sunday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2040 falls on Sunday 4 November. Amāvasyā runs from 03:56 on Sun 4 Nov to 02:56 on Mon 5 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2040/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredNiśītha 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:56 → 10:5600:1348 min23:130 min3 Nov
Chicago14:56 → 12:5600:1148 min23:110 min3 Nov
Jersey City15:56 → 13:5600:1648 min23:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain15:56 → 14:5623:2648 min23:260 min3 Nov
London19:56 → 18:5623:2148 min23:210 min3 Nov
Durban21:56 → 20:5623:1548 min23:150 min3 Nov
Dubai23:56 → 22:5623:3931 min23:390 min3 Nov
Delhi01:26 → 00:2623:410 min23:4145 min4 Nov
Kolkata01:26 → 00:2622:560 min22:5648 min4 Nov
Singapore03:56 → 02:5600:240 min00:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney06:56 → 05:5600:150 min00:1548 min4 Nov
Suva07:56 → 06:5623:260 min23:2648 min4 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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