Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1934

Thursday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 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 7 November

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:43:32
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 8 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 11:24:48
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 12:44 on Wed 7 Nov to 11:25 on Thu 8 Nov.

    1934-11-07T04:43:32Z → 1934-11-08T03:24:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 7th, 11:38–12:26 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 773 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1934: Thursday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1934 falls on Thursday 8 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:44 on Wed 7 Nov to 11:25 on Thu 8 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:44 → 19:2511:1348 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago22:44 → 21:2511:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City23:44 → 22:2511:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain00:44 → 23:2511:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London04:44 → 03:2511:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban06:44 → 05:2511:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Dubai08:44 → 07:2511:3848 min11:380 min7 Nov
Delhi10:14 → 08:5511:4148 min11:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata10:14 → 08:5510:5648 min10:560 min7 Nov
Singapore12:04 → 10:4511:4429 min11:440 min7 Nov
Sydney14:44 → 13:2511:150 min11:1548 min8 Nov
Suva16:44 → 15:2511:260 min11:2648 min8 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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