Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1915

Monday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 05 s.

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 Sunday 7 November

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 Monday 8 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 12:19:35
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

42 of 48 minutes covered, the first 42

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 15:52 on Sun 7 Nov to 12:20 on Mon 8 Nov.

    1915-11-07T07:52:01Z → 1915-11-08T04:19:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 7th, 11:38–12:26 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 42 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 365 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1915: Monday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1915 falls on Monday 8 November. Pratipadā runs from 15:52 on Sun 7 Nov to 12:20 on Mon 8 Nov and covers 42 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:52 → 20:2011:1348 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago01:52 → 22:2011:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City02:52 → 23:2011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain03:52 → 00:2011:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London07:52 → 04:2011:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban09:52 → 06:2011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Dubai11:33 → 08:0111:1934 min11:190 min7 Nov
Delhi13:22 → 09:5011:410 min11:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata13:22 → 09:5010:560 min10:560 min8 Nov
Singapore14:52 → 11:2011:240 min11:240 min8 Nov
Sydney17:52 → 14:2011:150 min11:1548 min8 Nov
Suva19:52 → 16:2011:260 min11:2648 min8 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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