Ruling · Kālī Pūjā (Śyāmā Pūjā) · 2097

Sunday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 550 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 Saturday 2 November

Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 3 November

Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

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 09:36 on Sun 3 Nov to 10:10 on Mon 4 Nov.

    2097-11-03T01:36:11Z → 2097-11-04T02:10:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 2nd, 23:38–00:26 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 32992 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kālī Pūjā, Baoding, 2097: Sunday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kālī Pūjā 2097 falls on Sunday 3 November. Amāvasyā runs from 09:36 on Sun 3 Nov to 10:10 on Mon 4 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2097/kali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 Nov
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 3rdCoveredNiśītha 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:36 → 18:1023:130 min23:130 min2 Nov
Chicago20:36 → 20:1023:110 min23:110 min2 Nov
Jersey City21:36 → 21:1023:170 min23:170 min2 Nov
Port of Spain21:36 → 22:1023:260 min23:260 min2 Nov
London01:36 → 02:1023:2148 min23:210 min3 Nov
Durban03:36 → 04:1023:1648 min23:160 min3 Nov
Dubai05:36 → 06:1023:3948 min23:390 min3 Nov
Delhi07:06 → 07:4023:4148 min23:410 min3 Nov
Kolkata07:06 → 07:4022:5748 min22:570 min3 Nov
Singapore09:36 → 10:1000:2448 min00:240 min3 Nov
Sydney12:36 → 13:1000:1548 min00:150 min3 Nov
Suva13:36 → 14:1023:2648 min23:260 min3 Nov
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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