Night of Thursday 3 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
niśītha begins 23:38 00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2078
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 Thursday 3 November
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 4 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 22:20 on Thu 3 Nov to 00:57 on Sat 5 Nov.
2078-11-03T14:20:28Z → 2078-11-04T16:57:20Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 3rd, 23:38–00:26 on the 4th.
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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.
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 1870 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2078: Thursday 3 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2078 falls on Thursday 3 November. Amāvasyā runs from 22:20 on Thu 3 Nov to 00:57 on Sat 5 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 | Thu 3 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 4 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 3rd | Covered | Niśītha 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:20 → 09:57 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 09:20 → 11:57 | 00:11 | 48 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Jersey City | 10:20 → 12:57 | 00:16 | 48 min | 00:16 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 10:20 → 12:57 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| London | 14:20 → 16:57 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Durban | 16:20 → 18:57 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Dubai | 18:20 → 20:57 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Delhi | 19:50 → 22:27 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Kolkata | 19:50 → 22:27 | 22:56 | 48 min | 22:56 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Singapore | 22:20 → 00:57 | 00:24 | 48 min | 00:24 | 33 min | 3 Nov |
| Sydney | 01:20 → 03:57 | 00:15 | 0 min | 00:15 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Suva | 02:20 → 04:57 | 23:26 | 0 min | 23:26 | 48 min | 4 Nov |