Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2082

Wednesday 21 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 145 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 20 October

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 21 October

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 06:44 on Wed 21 Oct to 02:52 on Thu 22 Oct.

    2082-10-20T22:43:41Z → 2082-10-21T18:51:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:39–00:27 on the 20th, 23:39–00:27 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 8679 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2082: Wednesday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2082 falls on Wednesday 21 October. Amāvasyā runs from 06:44 on Wed 21 Oct to 02:52 on Thu 22 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2082/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 21 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 20thCoveredNiśītha 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:44 → 11:5200:1448 min00:140 min20 Oct
Chicago17:44 → 13:5200:1248 min00:120 min20 Oct
Jersey City18:44 → 14:5200:1748 min00:170 min20 Oct
Port of Spain18:44 → 14:5223:2748 min23:270 min20 Oct
London23:44 → 19:5200:2248 min00:220 min20 Oct
Durban00:44 → 20:5223:170 min23:160 min20 Oct
Dubai02:44 → 22:5223:400 min23:400 min20 Oct
Delhi04:14 → 00:2223:420 min23:4240 min21 Oct
Kolkata04:14 → 00:2222:580 min22:5748 min21 Oct
Singapore06:44 → 02:5200:260 min00:2548 min21 Oct
Sydney09:44 → 05:5200:160 min00:1648 min21 Oct
Suva10:44 → 06:5223:270 min23:2748 min21 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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