Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1926

Saturday 6 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 609 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 Friday 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

Midday of Saturday 6 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 22:34 on Fri 5 Nov to 23:19 on Sat 6 Nov.

    1926-11-05T14:34:16Z → 1926-11-06T15:19:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 5th, 11:38–12:26 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 36522 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1926: Saturday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1926 falls on Saturday 6 November. Pratipadā runs from 22:34 on Fri 5 Nov to 23:19 on Sat 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:34 → 07:1911:1248 min11:120 min5 Nov
Chicago08:34 → 09:1911:1048 min11:100 min5 Nov
Jersey City09:34 → 10:1911:1648 min11:160 min5 Nov
Port of Spain10:34 → 11:1911:2648 min11:260 min5 Nov
London14:34 → 15:1911:200 min11:2048 min6 Nov
Durban16:34 → 17:1911:160 min11:1648 min6 Nov
Dubai18:34 → 19:1911:380 min11:3848 min6 Nov
Delhi20:04 → 20:4911:410 min11:4148 min6 Nov
Kolkata20:04 → 20:4910:560 min10:5648 min6 Nov
Singapore21:34 → 22:1911:240 min11:2448 min6 Nov
Sydney00:34 → 01:1911:150 min11:1548 min6 Nov
Suva02:34 → 03:1911:260 min11:2648 min6 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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