Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2043

Sunday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 86 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 31 October

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 1 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 01:52 on Sun 1 Nov to 03:58 on Mon 2 Nov.

    2043-10-31T17:52:17Z → 2043-11-01T19:57:32Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 48 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 5173 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2043: Sunday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2043 falls on Sunday 1 November. Amāvasyā runs from 01:52 on Sun 1 Nov to 03:58 on Mon 2 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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 31stCoveredNiśītha 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:52 → 11:5800:1348 min23:130 min31 Oct
Chicago12:52 → 13:5800:1148 min23:110 min31 Oct
Jersey City13:52 → 14:5800:1648 min23:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain13:52 → 15:5823:2648 min23:260 min31 Oct
London17:52 → 19:5823:2148 min23:210 min31 Oct
Durban19:52 → 21:5823:1548 min23:150 min31 Oct
Dubai21:52 → 23:5823:3948 min23:3919 min31 Oct
Delhi23:22 → 01:2823:4148 min23:4148 min31 Oct
Kolkata23:22 → 01:2822:5622 min22:5648 min1 Nov
Singapore01:52 → 03:5800:240 min00:2448 min1 Nov
Sydney04:52 → 06:5800:150 min00:1548 min1 Nov
Suva05:52 → 07:5823:260 min23:2648 min1 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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