Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1925

Sunday 18 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 574 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 Sunday 18 October

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 Monday 19 October

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 02:06 on Sun 18 Oct to 01:24 on Mon 19 Oct.

    1925-10-17T18:05:36Z → 1925-10-18T17:23:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 18th, 11:39–12:27 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 34416 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1925: Sunday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1925 falls on Sunday 18 October. Pratipadā runs from 02:06 on Sun 18 Oct to 01:24 on Mon 19 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1925/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:06 → 09:2411:1448 min11:140 min17 Oct
Chicago12:06 → 11:2411:120 min11:1212 min18 Oct
Jersey City13:06 → 12:2411:170 min11:1748 min18 Oct
Port of Spain14:06 → 13:2411:270 min11:2748 min18 Oct
London18:06 → 17:2411:220 min11:2148 min18 Oct
Durban20:06 → 19:2411:180 min11:1748 min18 Oct
Dubai22:06 → 21:2411:400 min11:4048 min18 Oct
Delhi23:36 → 22:5411:420 min11:4248 min18 Oct
Kolkata23:36 → 22:5410:580 min10:5848 min18 Oct
Singapore01:06 → 00:2411:260 min11:2648 min18 Oct
Sydney04:06 → 03:2411:170 min11:1748 min18 Oct
Suva06:06 → 05:2411:280 min11:2848 min18 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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