Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1937

Wednesday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 47 s.

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 3 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:15:45
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

10 of 48 minutes covered, the last 10

Midday of Thursday 4 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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 12:16 on Wed 3 Nov to 14:30 on Thu 4 Nov.

    1937-11-03T04:15:45Z → 1937-11-04T06:29:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 4th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 10 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 587 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1937: Wednesday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1937 falls on Wednesday 3 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:16 on Wed 3 Nov to 14:30 on Thu 4 Nov and covers 10 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1937/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:16 → 22:3011:1248 min11:120 min3 Nov
Chicago22:16 → 00:3011:1048 min11:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City23:16 → 01:3011:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain00:16 → 02:3011:2648 min11:260 min3 Nov
London04:16 → 06:3011:2048 min11:200 min3 Nov
Durban06:16 → 08:3011:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Dubai08:16 → 10:3011:3848 min11:380 min3 Nov
Delhi09:46 → 12:0011:4148 min11:4119 min3 Nov
Kolkata09:46 → 12:0010:5648 min10:5648 min3 Nov
Singapore11:36 → 13:5011:4448 min11:4448 min3 Nov
Sydney14:16 → 16:3011:150 min11:1548 min4 Nov
Suva16:16 → 18:3011:260 min11:2648 min4 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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