Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2054

Friday 30 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 216 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 29 October

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 30 October

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 06:32 on Fri 30 Oct to 04:02 on Sat 31 Oct.

    2054-10-29T22:31:31Z → 2054-10-30T20:01:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 29th, 23:38–00:26 on the 30th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 12939 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2054: Friday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2054 falls on Friday 30 October. Amāvasyā runs from 06:32 on Fri 30 Oct to 04:02 on Sat 31 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2054/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 30 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 29thCoveredNiśītha 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:32 → 13:0200:1348 min00:130 min29 Oct
Chicago17:32 → 15:0200:1148 min00:110 min29 Oct
Jersey City18:32 → 16:0200:1648 min00:160 min29 Oct
Port of Spain18:32 → 16:0223:2648 min23:260 min29 Oct
London22:32 → 20:0223:2148 min23:210 min29 Oct
Durban00:32 → 22:0223:150 min23:150 min29 Oct
Dubai02:32 → 00:0223:390 min23:3923 min30 Oct
Delhi04:02 → 01:3223:410 min23:4148 min30 Oct
Kolkata04:02 → 01:3222:560 min22:5648 min30 Oct
Singapore06:32 → 04:0200:240 min00:2448 min30 Oct
Sydney09:32 → 07:0200:150 min00:1548 min30 Oct
Suva10:32 → 08:0223:260 min23:2648 min30 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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