Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1919

Friday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 281 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 24 October

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 Saturday 25 October

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 04:39 on Fri 24 Oct to 06:57 on Sat 25 Oct.

    1919-10-23T20:39:02Z → 1919-10-24T22:57:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 24th, 11:38–12:26 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 16865 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1919: Friday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1919 falls on Friday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 04:39 on Fri 24 Oct to 06:57 on Sat 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:39 → 15:5712:130 min12:1348 min24 Oct
Chicago15:39 → 17:5712:110 min12:1148 min24 Oct
Jersey City16:39 → 18:5712:170 min12:1648 min24 Oct
Port of Spain16:39 → 18:5711:270 min11:2648 min24 Oct
London20:39 → 22:5711:210 min11:2048 min24 Oct
Durban22:39 → 00:5711:170 min11:1748 min24 Oct
Dubai00:20 → 02:3811:200 min11:2048 min24 Oct
Delhi02:09 → 04:2711:410 min11:4148 min24 Oct
Kolkata02:09 → 04:2710:570 min10:5748 min24 Oct
Singapore03:39 → 05:5711:250 min11:2548 min24 Oct
Sydney06:39 → 08:5711:160 min11:1648 min24 Oct
Suva08:39 → 10:5711:270 min11:2748 min24 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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