Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1938

Monday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 245 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 Sunday 23 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

Midday of Monday 24 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 16:42 on Sun 23 Oct to 16:31 on Mon 24 Oct.

    1938-10-23T08:42:10Z → 1938-10-24T08:31:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 14693 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1938: Monday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1938 falls on Monday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 16:42 on Sun 23 Oct to 16:31 on Mon 24 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:42 → 00:3111:1348 min11:130 min23 Oct
Chicago02:42 → 02:3111:1148 min11:110 min23 Oct
Jersey City03:42 → 03:3111:1648 min11:160 min23 Oct
Port of Spain04:42 → 04:3111:2648 min11:260 min23 Oct
London08:42 → 08:3111:2148 min11:200 min23 Oct
Durban10:42 → 10:3111:1748 min11:160 min23 Oct
Dubai12:42 → 12:3111:390 min11:3948 min24 Oct
Delhi14:12 → 14:0111:410 min11:4148 min24 Oct
Kolkata14:12 → 14:0110:570 min10:5748 min24 Oct
Singapore16:02 → 15:5111:450 min11:4548 min24 Oct
Sydney18:42 → 18:3111:160 min11:1648 min24 Oct
Suva20:42 → 20:3111:270 min11:2748 min24 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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