Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1911

Sunday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 22 October

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

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:09:09
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

17 of 48 minutes covered, the last 17

Midday of Monday 23 October

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 12:56:22
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 12:09 on Sun 22 Oct to 12:56 on Mon 23 Oct.

    1911-10-22T04:09:09Z → 1911-10-23T04:56:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 17 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 1047 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1911: Sunday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1911 falls on Sunday 22 October. Pratipadā runs from 12:09 on Sun 22 Oct to 12:56 on Mon 23 Oct and covers 17 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1911/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:09 → 20:5611:1348 min11:130 min22 Oct
Chicago22:09 → 22:5611:1148 min11:110 min22 Oct
Jersey City23:09 → 23:5611:1748 min11:170 min22 Oct
Port of Spain00:09 → 00:5611:2748 min11:270 min22 Oct
London04:09 → 04:5611:2148 min11:210 min22 Oct
Durban06:09 → 06:5611:1748 min11:170 min22 Oct
Dubai07:50 → 08:3711:2048 min11:200 min22 Oct
Delhi09:39 → 10:2611:4248 min11:410 min22 Oct
Kolkata09:39 → 10:2610:5748 min10:570 min22 Oct
Singapore11:09 → 11:5611:2548 min11:2531 min22 Oct
Sydney14:09 → 14:5611:160 min11:1648 min23 Oct
Suva16:04 → 16:5111:220 min11:2248 min23 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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