Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2072

Wednesday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 520 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 Wednesday 9 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 Thursday 10 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 14:58 on Wed 9 Nov to 12:22 on Thu 10 Nov.

    2072-11-09T06:58:29Z → 2072-11-10T04:22:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 9th, 23:39–00:27 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 31199 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2072: Wednesday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2072 falls on Wednesday 9 November. Amāvasyā runs from 14:58 on Wed 9 Nov to 12:22 on Thu 10 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2072/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 9thCoveredNiśītha 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:58 → 20:2223:130 min23:130 min8 Nov
Chicago00:58 → 22:2223:110 min23:110 min8 Nov
Jersey City01:58 → 23:2223:175 min23:170 min9 Nov
Port of Spain02:58 → 00:2223:2648 min23:260 min9 Nov
London06:58 → 04:2223:2148 min23:210 min9 Nov
Durban08:58 → 06:2223:1648 min23:160 min9 Nov
Dubai10:58 → 08:2223:3948 min23:390 min9 Nov
Delhi12:28 → 09:5223:4148 min23:410 min9 Nov
Kolkata12:28 → 09:5222:5748 min22:570 min9 Nov
Singapore14:58 → 12:2200:2548 min00:250 min9 Nov
Sydney17:58 → 15:2200:1548 min00:150 min9 Nov
Suva18:58 → 16:2223:2648 min23:260 min9 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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