Night of Wednesday 17 October
Qualifies with 47 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:40 00:28 niśītha ends
Amāvasyā begins 23:41:09
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2085
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 Wednesday 17 October
Qualifies with 47 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Night of Thursday 18 October
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 23:41 on Wed 17 Oct to 01:01 on Fri 19 Oct.
2085-10-17T15:41:10Z → 2085-10-18T17:01:16Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 17th, 23:40–00:28 on the 18th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 47 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.
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 76 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2085: Thursday 18 October.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2085 falls on Thursday 18 October. Amāvasyā runs from 23:41 on Wed 17 Oct to 01:01 on Fri 19 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 47 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 1 min 16 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 18 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 18 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 18 Oct |
| 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 17th | Covered | Niśītha 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:41 → 10:01 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:14 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:41 → 12:01 | 00:12 | 48 min | 00:12 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:41 → 13:01 | 00:18 | 48 min | 00:18 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 11:41 → 13:01 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| London | 16:41 → 18:01 | 00:22 | 48 min | 00:22 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Durban | 17:41 → 19:01 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Dubai | 19:41 → 21:01 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:11 → 22:31 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:11 → 22:31 | 22:58 | 48 min | 22:58 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:41 → 01:01 | 00:26 | 48 min | 00:26 | 35 min | 17 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:41 → 04:01 | 00:16 | 0 min | 00:16 | 48 min | 18 Oct |
| Suva | 03:41 → 05:01 | 23:28 | 0 min | 23:27 | 48 min | 18 Oct |