Night of Monday 25 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:39 00:27 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 00:28:39
22:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:5101:15
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2049
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 08 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 25 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 26 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
37 of 48 minutes covered, the first 37
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 00:29 on Tue 26 Oct to 00:15 on Wed 27 Oct.
2049-10-25T16:28:40Z → 2049-10-26T16:15:12Z
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′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 37 of 48 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 128 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2049: Tuesday 26 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2049 falls on Tuesday 26 October. Amāvasyā runs from 00:29 on Tue 26 Oct to 00:15 on Wed 27 Oct and covers 37 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 2 min 08 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 26 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 26 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 26 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Amāvasyā | Niśītha 25th | Covered | Niśītha 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:29 → 09:15 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:29 → 11:15 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:29 → 12:15 | 00:17 | 48 min | 00:17 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:29 → 12:15 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| London | 17:29 → 17:15 | 00:21 | 48 min | 00:21 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Durban | 18:29 → 18:15 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:29 → 20:15 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:59 → 21:45 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:59 → 21:45 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:57 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:29 → 00:15 | 00:25 | 44 min | 00:25 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:29 → 03:15 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 26 Oct |
| Suva | 04:29 → 04:15 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 26 Oct |