Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2052

Monday 21 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 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 Monday 21 October

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 Tuesday 22 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:39  00:27 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā ends 23:03:34
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 21:31 on Mon 21 Oct to 23:04 on Tue 22 Oct.

    2052-10-21T13:30:50Z → 2052-10-22T15:03:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 21st, 23:39–00:27 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 2119 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2052: Monday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2052 falls on Monday 21 October. Amāvasyā runs from 21:31 on Mon 21 Oct to 23:04 on Tue 22 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2052/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 21 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 21stCoveredNiśītha 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:31 → 08:0400:1448 min00:140 min21 Oct
Chicago08:31 → 10:0400:1148 min00:110 min21 Oct
Jersey City09:31 → 11:0400:1748 min00:170 min21 Oct
Port of Spain09:31 → 11:0423:2748 min23:260 min21 Oct
London14:31 → 16:0400:2248 min00:210 min21 Oct
Durban15:31 → 17:0423:1648 min23:160 min21 Oct
Dubai17:31 → 19:0423:3948 min23:390 min21 Oct
Delhi19:01 → 20:3423:4248 min23:420 min21 Oct
Kolkata19:01 → 20:3422:5748 min22:570 min21 Oct
Singapore21:31 → 23:0400:2548 min00:250 min21 Oct
Sydney00:31 → 02:0400:1633 min00:1548 min22 Oct
Suva01:31 → 03:0423:270 min23:2748 min22 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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