Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1900

Wednesday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 541 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 23 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 24 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

48 of 48 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 21:32 on Tue 23 Oct to 23:47 on Wed 24 Oct.

    1900-10-23T13:27:12Z → 1900-10-24T15:41:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 23rd, 11:43–12:31 on the 24th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 32451 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1900: Wednesday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1900 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 21:32 on Tue 23 Oct to 23:47 on Wed 24 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1900/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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/govardhana-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:27 → 07:4211:1348 min11:130 min23 Oct
Chicago07:27 → 09:4211:1148 min11:110 min23 Oct
Jersey City08:27 → 10:4211:1648 min11:160 min23 Oct
Port of Spain09:27 → 11:4211:2648 min11:2615 min23 Oct
London13:27 → 15:4211:210 min11:2048 min24 Oct
Durban14:57 → 17:1210:470 min10:4648 min24 Oct
Dubai17:08 → 19:2311:200 min11:2048 min24 Oct
Delhi18:48 → 21:0311:320 min11:3248 min24 Oct
Kolkata18:48 → 21:0310:480 min10:4848 min24 Oct
Singapore20:22 → 22:3711:200 min11:2048 min24 Oct
Sydney23:27 → 01:4211:160 min11:1648 min24 Oct
Suva01:22 → 03:3711:220 min11:2248 min24 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govardhana-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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