Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1933

Friday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 25 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 Thursday 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

Midday of Friday 20 October

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 11:13:20
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 13:45 on Thu 19 Oct to 11:13 on Fri 20 Oct.

    1933-10-19T05:44:37Z → 1933-10-20T03:13:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1529 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1933: Friday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1933 falls on Friday 20 October. Pratipadā runs from 13:45 on Thu 19 Oct to 11:13 on Fri 20 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:45 → 19:1311:1448 min11:140 min19 Oct
Chicago23:45 → 21:1311:1148 min11:110 min19 Oct
Jersey City00:45 → 22:1311:1748 min11:170 min19 Oct
Port of Spain01:45 → 23:1311:2748 min11:270 min19 Oct
London05:45 → 03:1311:2148 min11:210 min19 Oct
Durban07:45 → 05:1311:1748 min11:170 min19 Oct
Dubai09:45 → 07:1311:4048 min11:400 min19 Oct
Delhi11:15 → 08:4311:4248 min11:420 min19 Oct
Kolkata11:15 → 08:4310:5831 min10:570 min19 Oct
Singapore13:05 → 10:3311:460 min11:460 min20 Oct
Sydney15:45 → 13:1311:170 min11:1648 min20 Oct
Suva17:45 → 15:1311:280 min11:2748 min20 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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