Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2069

Wednesday 13 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 209 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 Tuesday 12 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

Night of Wednesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 03:56 on Wed 13 Nov to 06:39 on Thu 14 Nov.

    2069-11-12T19:55:47Z → 2069-11-13T22:38:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 12th, 23:39–00:27 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 12541 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2069: Wednesday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2069 falls on Wednesday 13 November. Amāvasyā runs from 03:56 on Wed 13 Nov to 06:39 on Thu 14 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2069/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 12thCoveredNiśītha 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:56 → 14:3923:1448 min23:140 min12 Nov
Chicago13:56 → 16:3923:1148 min23:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City14:56 → 17:3923:1748 min23:170 min12 Nov
Port of Spain15:56 → 18:3923:2748 min23:270 min12 Nov
London19:56 → 22:3923:2148 min23:220 min12 Nov
Durban21:56 → 00:3923:1648 min23:1648 min12 Nov
Dubai23:56 → 02:3923:3931 min23:3948 min13 Nov
Delhi01:26 → 04:0923:420 min23:4248 min13 Nov
Kolkata01:26 → 04:0922:570 min22:5748 min13 Nov
Singapore03:56 → 06:3900:250 min00:2548 min13 Nov
Sydney06:56 → 09:3900:150 min00:1548 min13 Nov
Suva07:56 → 10:3923:270 min23:2748 min13 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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