Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1903

Wednesday 21 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 589 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 20 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 21 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 23:30 on Tue 20 Oct to 22:15 on Wed 21 Oct.

    1903-10-20T15:30:17Z → 1903-10-21T14:15:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 20th, 11:39–12:27 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 35321 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1903: Wednesday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1903 falls on Wednesday 21 October. Pratipadā runs from 23:30 on Tue 20 Oct to 22:15 on Wed 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1903/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:30 → 06:1511:1448 min11:140 min20 Oct
Chicago09:30 → 08:1511:1148 min11:110 min20 Oct
Jersey City10:30 → 09:1511:1748 min11:170 min20 Oct
Port of Spain11:30 → 10:1511:2745 min11:270 min20 Oct
London15:30 → 14:1511:210 min11:2148 min21 Oct
Durban17:30 → 16:1511:170 min11:1748 min21 Oct
Dubai19:11 → 17:5611:210 min11:2048 min21 Oct
Delhi20:51 → 19:3611:330 min11:3348 min21 Oct
Kolkata20:51 → 19:3610:480 min10:4848 min21 Oct
Singapore22:25 → 21:1011:210 min11:2148 min21 Oct
Sydney01:30 → 00:1511:170 min11:1648 min21 Oct
Suva03:25 → 02:1011:230 min11:2248 min21 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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