Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1917

Thursday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 550 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 15 November

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

Midday of Friday 16 November

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 02:28 on Thu 15 Nov to 02:29 on Fri 16 Nov.

    1917-11-14T18:28:07Z → 1917-11-15T18:29:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 15th, 11:39–12:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 32970 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1917: Thursday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1917 falls on Thursday 15 November. Pratipadā runs from 02:28 on Thu 15 Nov to 02:29 on Fri 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1917/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:28 → 10:2911:1348 min11:130 min14 Nov
Chicago12:28 → 12:2911:110 min11:1148 min15 Nov
Jersey City13:28 → 13:2911:170 min11:1748 min15 Nov
Port of Spain14:28 → 14:2911:270 min11:2748 min15 Nov
London18:28 → 18:2911:210 min11:2148 min15 Nov
Durban20:28 → 20:2911:170 min11:1748 min15 Nov
Dubai22:09 → 22:1011:200 min11:2048 min15 Nov
Delhi23:58 → 23:5911:410 min11:4248 min15 Nov
Kolkata23:58 → 23:5910:570 min10:5748 min15 Nov
Singapore01:28 → 01:2911:250 min11:2548 min15 Nov
Sydney04:28 → 04:2911:160 min11:1648 min15 Nov
Suva06:28 → 06:2911:270 min11:2748 min15 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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