Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1927

Wednesday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 568 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 Wednesday 26 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 Thursday 27 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 23:37 on Tue 25 Oct to 02:10 on Thu 27 Oct.

    1927-10-25T15:37:19Z → 1927-10-26T18:10:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 26th, 11:38–12:26 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 34056 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1927: Wednesday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1927 falls on Wednesday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 23:37 on Tue 25 Oct to 02:10 on Thu 27 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1927/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:37 → 10:1011:1348 min11:130 min25 Oct
Chicago09:37 → 12:1011:1148 min11:1048 min25 Oct
Jersey City10:37 → 13:1011:1648 min11:1648 min25 Oct
Port of Spain11:37 → 14:1011:2637 min11:2648 min25 Oct
London15:37 → 18:1011:200 min11:2048 min26 Oct
Durban17:37 → 20:1011:160 min11:1648 min26 Oct
Dubai19:37 → 22:1011:390 min11:3948 min26 Oct
Delhi21:07 → 23:4011:410 min11:4148 min26 Oct
Kolkata21:07 → 23:4010:570 min10:5748 min26 Oct
Singapore22:37 → 01:1011:250 min11:2548 min26 Oct
Sydney01:37 → 04:1011:160 min11:1648 min26 Oct
Suva03:37 → 06:1011:270 min11:2748 min26 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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