Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1909

Saturday 13 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 16 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 13 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 14 November

Qualifies with 32 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 12:10:48
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

32 of 48 minutes covered, the first 32

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 10:18 on Sat 13 Nov to 12:11 on Sun 14 Nov.

    1909-11-13T02:18:01Z → 1909-11-14T04:10:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 13th, 11:38–12:26 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 32 of 48 on the 14th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 933 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1909: Saturday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1909 falls on Saturday 13 November. Pratipadā runs from 10:18 on Sat 13 Nov to 12:11 on Sun 14 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 32 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1909/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:18 → 20:1111:1348 min11:130 min13 Nov
Chicago20:18 → 22:1111:1148 min11:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City21:18 → 23:1111:1648 min11:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain22:18 → 00:1111:2648 min11:270 min13 Nov
London02:18 → 04:1111:2148 min11:210 min13 Nov
Durban04:18 → 06:1111:1648 min11:170 min13 Nov
Dubai05:59 → 07:5211:2048 min11:200 min13 Nov
Delhi07:48 → 09:4111:4148 min11:410 min13 Nov
Kolkata07:48 → 09:4110:5748 min10:570 min13 Nov
Singapore09:18 → 11:1111:2548 min11:250 min13 Nov
Sydney12:18 → 14:1111:160 min11:1648 min14 Nov
Suva14:13 → 16:0611:220 min11:2248 min14 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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