Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1918

Monday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 257 minutes.

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 Monday 4 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 5 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 05:01 on Mon 4 Nov to 07:21 on Tue 5 Nov.

    1918-11-03T21:01:09Z → 1918-11-04T23:21:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 4th, 11:38–12:26 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 15393 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1918: Monday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1918 falls on Monday 4 November. Pratipadā runs from 05:01 on Mon 4 Nov to 07:21 on Tue 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1918/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:01 → 15:2111:120 min11:1248 min4 Nov
Chicago15:01 → 17:2111:100 min11:1048 min4 Nov
Jersey City16:01 → 18:2111:160 min11:1648 min4 Nov
Port of Spain17:01 → 19:2111:260 min11:2648 min4 Nov
London21:01 → 23:2111:200 min11:2048 min4 Nov
Durban23:01 → 01:2111:160 min11:1648 min4 Nov
Dubai00:42 → 03:0211:190 min11:1948 min4 Nov
Delhi02:31 → 04:5111:410 min11:4148 min4 Nov
Kolkata02:31 → 04:5110:560 min10:5648 min4 Nov
Singapore04:01 → 06:2111:240 min11:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney07:01 → 09:2111:150 min11:1548 min4 Nov
Suva09:01 → 11:2111:260 min11:2648 min4 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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