Night of Sunday 14 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
niśītha begins 23:39 00:27 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:04:53
22:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:5101:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2077
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both nights qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 14 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 15 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:05 on Sun 14 Nov to 01:01 on Tue 16 Nov.
2077-11-14T15:04:54Z → 2077-11-15T17:01:15Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 14th, 23:39–00:27 on the 15th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both nights qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2038 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2077: Sunday 14 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2077 falls on Sunday 14 November. Amāvasyā runs from 23:05 on Sun 14 Nov to 01:01 on Tue 16 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 14 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 14 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 15 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Amāvasyā | Niśītha 14th | Covered | Niśītha 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:05 → 09:01 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Chicago | 09:05 → 11:01 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Jersey City | 10:05 → 12:01 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 11:05 → 13:01 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| London | 15:05 → 17:01 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Durban | 17:05 → 19:01 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Dubai | 19:05 → 21:01 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Delhi | 20:35 → 22:31 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Kolkata | 20:35 → 22:31 | 22:57 | 48 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Singapore | 23:05 → 01:01 | 00:25 | 48 min | 00:25 | 36 min | 14 Nov |
| Sydney | 02:05 → 04:01 | 00:16 | 0 min | 00:16 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Suva | 03:05 → 05:01 | 23:27 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 15 Nov |