Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2047

Friday 18 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 513 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 18 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 19 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 15:07 on Fri 18 Oct to 11:28 on Sat 19 Oct.

    2047-10-18T07:06:55Z → 2047-10-19T03:28:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 18th, 23:39–00:27 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 30763 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2047: Friday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2047 falls on Friday 18 October. Amāvasyā runs from 15:07 on Fri 18 Oct to 11:28 on Sat 19 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2047/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 18 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 18thCoveredNiśītha 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:07 → 20:2800:140 min00:140 min17 Oct
Chicago02:07 → 22:2800:120 min00:120 min17 Oct
Jersey City03:07 → 23:2800:180 min00:180 min17 Oct
Port of Spain03:07 → 23:2823:271 min23:270 min18 Oct
London08:07 → 04:2800:2248 min00:220 min18 Oct
Durban09:07 → 05:2823:1748 min23:170 min18 Oct
Dubai11:07 → 07:2823:4048 min23:400 min18 Oct
Delhi12:37 → 08:5823:4248 min23:420 min18 Oct
Kolkata12:37 → 08:5822:5848 min22:580 min18 Oct
Singapore15:07 → 11:2800:2648 min00:260 min18 Oct
Sydney18:07 → 14:2800:1648 min00:160 min18 Oct
Suva19:07 → 15:2823:2748 min23:270 min18 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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