Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1902

Saturday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 228 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 31 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 1 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 16:14 on Fri 31 Oct to 17:44 on Sat 1 Nov.

    1902-10-31T08:13:32Z → 1902-11-01T09:43:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 31st, 11:38–12:26 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 13672 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1902: Saturday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1902 falls on Saturday 1 November. Pratipadā runs from 16:14 on Fri 31 Oct to 17:44 on Sat 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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/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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:14 → 01:4411:1248 min11:120 min31 Oct
Chicago02:14 → 03:4411:1048 min11:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City03:14 → 04:4411:1648 min11:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain04:14 → 05:4411:2648 min11:260 min31 Oct
London08:14 → 09:4411:2048 min11:200 min31 Oct
Durban09:44 → 11:1410:4648 min10:4628 min31 Oct
Dubai11:55 → 13:2511:1913 min11:1948 min31 Oct
Delhi13:35 → 15:0511:320 min11:3248 min1 Nov
Kolkata13:35 → 15:0510:470 min10:4748 min1 Nov
Singapore15:09 → 16:3911:190 min11:1948 min1 Nov
Sydney18:14 → 19:4411:150 min11:1548 min1 Nov
Suva20:09 → 21:3911:210 min11:2148 min1 Nov
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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