Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2093

Monday 19 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 447 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 Monday 19 October

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:40  00:28 niśītha ends
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

Amāvasyā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 16:13 on Mon 19 Oct to 15:35 on Tue 20 Oct.

    2093-10-19T08:12:33Z → 2093-10-20T07:35:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 19th, 23:39–00:27 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 26822 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2093: Monday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2093 falls on Monday 19 October. Amāvasyā runs from 16:13 on Mon 19 Oct to 15:35 on Tue 20 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2093/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 19 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 19thCoveredNiśītha 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:13 → 00:3500:1421 min00:140 min19 Oct
Chicago03:13 → 02:3500:1248 min00:120 min19 Oct
Jersey City04:13 → 03:3500:1848 min00:180 min19 Oct
Port of Spain04:13 → 03:3523:2748 min23:270 min19 Oct
London09:13 → 08:3500:2248 min00:220 min19 Oct
Durban10:13 → 09:3523:1748 min23:170 min19 Oct
Dubai12:13 → 11:3523:4048 min23:400 min19 Oct
Delhi13:43 → 13:0523:4248 min23:420 min19 Oct
Kolkata13:43 → 13:0522:5848 min22:580 min19 Oct
Singapore16:13 → 15:3500:2648 min00:260 min19 Oct
Sydney19:13 → 18:3500:1648 min00:160 min19 Oct
Suva20:13 → 19:3523:2748 min23:270 min19 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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