Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2051

Thursday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 39 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 Thursday 2 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

Night of Friday 3 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā ends 22:59:25
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

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 20:18 on Thu 2 Nov to 22:59 on Fri 3 Nov.

    2051-11-02T12:17:57Z → 2051-11-03T14:59:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 2nd, 23:38–00:26 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 2318 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2051: Thursday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2051 falls on Thursday 2 November. Amāvasyā runs from 20:18 on Thu 2 Nov to 22:59 on Fri 3 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2051/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 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 2ndCoveredNiśītha 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:18 → 07:5900:1348 min00:130 min2 Nov
Chicago07:18 → 09:5900:1148 min00:110 min2 Nov
Jersey City08:18 → 10:5900:1648 min00:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain08:18 → 10:5923:2648 min23:260 min2 Nov
London12:18 → 14:5923:2148 min23:210 min2 Nov
Durban14:18 → 16:5923:1548 min23:150 min2 Nov
Dubai16:18 → 18:5923:3948 min23:390 min2 Nov
Delhi17:48 → 20:2923:4148 min23:410 min2 Nov
Kolkata17:48 → 20:2922:5648 min22:560 min2 Nov
Singapore20:18 → 22:5900:2448 min00:240 min2 Nov
Sydney23:18 → 01:5900:1548 min00:1548 min2 Nov
Suva00:18 → 02:5923:260 min23:2648 min3 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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