Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1924

Wednesday 29 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 28 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

Midday of Wednesday 29 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 11:50:09
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

12 of 48 minutes covered, the first 12

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 14:57 on Tue 28 Oct to 11:50 on Wed 29 Oct.

    1924-10-28T06:56:51Z → 1924-10-29T03:50:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 28th, 11:38–12:26 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 12 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 747 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1924: Wednesday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1924 falls on Wednesday 29 October. Pratipadā runs from 14:57 on Tue 28 Oct to 11:50 on Wed 29 Oct and covers 12 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1924/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:57 → 19:5011:1348 min11:130 min28 Oct
Chicago00:57 → 21:5011:1048 min11:100 min28 Oct
Jersey City01:57 → 22:5011:1648 min11:160 min28 Oct
Port of Spain02:57 → 23:5011:2648 min11:260 min28 Oct
London06:57 → 03:5011:2048 min11:200 min28 Oct
Durban08:57 → 05:5011:1648 min11:160 min28 Oct
Dubai10:57 → 07:5011:3848 min11:380 min28 Oct
Delhi12:27 → 09:2011:412 min11:410 min28 Oct
Kolkata12:27 → 09:2010:560 min10:560 min29 Oct
Singapore13:57 → 10:5011:240 min11:240 min29 Oct
Sydney16:57 → 13:5011:150 min11:1548 min29 Oct
Suva18:57 → 15:5011:260 min11:2648 min29 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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