Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2050

Sunday 13 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 117 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 Sunday 13 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

Night of Monday 14 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 20:32 on Sun 13 Nov to 21:41 on Mon 14 Nov.

    2050-11-13T12:31:57Z → 2050-11-14T13:41:29Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 0 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 7047 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2050: Sunday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2050 falls on Sunday 13 November. Amāvasyā runs from 20:32 on Sun 13 Nov to 21:41 on Mon 14 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2050/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 13 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 Angeles04:32 → 05:4123:1448 min23:140 min13 Nov
Chicago06:32 → 07:4123:1148 min23:120 min13 Nov
Jersey City07:32 → 08:4123:1748 min23:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain08:32 → 09:4123:2748 min23:270 min13 Nov
London12:32 → 13:4123:2148 min23:220 min13 Nov
Durban14:32 → 15:4123:1648 min23:160 min13 Nov
Dubai16:32 → 17:4123:3948 min23:390 min13 Nov
Delhi18:02 → 19:1123:4248 min23:420 min13 Nov
Kolkata18:02 → 19:1122:5748 min22:570 min13 Nov
Singapore20:32 → 21:4100:2548 min00:250 min13 Nov
Sydney23:32 → 00:4100:1548 min00:1526 min13 Nov
Suva00:32 → 01:4123:270 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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