Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1914

Tuesday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 58 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 19 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 Tuesday 20 October

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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

0 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 14:33 on Mon 19 Oct to 10:41 on Tue 20 Oct.

    1914-10-19T06:33:16Z → 1914-10-20T02:41:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 3454 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1914: Tuesday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1914 falls on Tuesday 20 October. Pratipadā runs from 14:33 on Mon 19 Oct to 10:41 on Tue 20 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1914/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:33 → 18:4111:1448 min11:140 min19 Oct
Chicago00:33 → 20:4111:1148 min11:110 min19 Oct
Jersey City01:33 → 21:4111:1748 min11:170 min19 Oct
Port of Spain02:33 → 22:4111:2748 min11:270 min19 Oct
London06:33 → 02:4111:2148 min11:210 min19 Oct
Durban08:33 → 04:4111:1748 min11:170 min19 Oct
Dubai10:14 → 06:2211:2148 min11:210 min19 Oct
Delhi12:03 → 08:1111:4227 min11:420 min19 Oct
Kolkata12:03 → 08:1110:580 min10:570 min20 Oct
Singapore13:33 → 09:4111:260 min11:260 min20 Oct
Sydney16:33 → 12:4111:170 min11:1648 min20 Oct
Suva18:28 → 14:3611:230 min11:2248 min20 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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