Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1942

Monday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 473 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 8 November

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:38  13:26 madhyāhna ends
11:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 9 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:38  13:26 madhyāhna ends
11:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:14

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 00:19 on Mon 9 Nov to 21:18 on Mon 9 Nov.

    1942-11-08T15:18:59Z → 1942-11-09T12:18:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:38–13:26 on the 8th, 12:38–13:26 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 28352 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1942: Monday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1942 falls on Monday 9 November. Pratipadā runs from 00:19 on Mon 9 Nov to 21:18 on Mon 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:19 → 05:1812:1348 min12:130 min8 Nov
Chicago10:19 → 07:1812:1048 min12:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City11:19 → 08:1812:1648 min12:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain12:19 → 09:1812:2648 min12:260 min8 Nov
London16:19 → 13:1812:200 min12:2048 min9 Nov
Durban18:19 → 15:1812:160 min12:1648 min9 Nov
Dubai19:19 → 16:1811:380 min11:3848 min9 Nov
Delhi21:49 → 18:4812:410 min12:4148 min9 Nov
Kolkata21:49 → 18:4811:560 min11:5648 min9 Nov
Singapore00:19 → 21:1813:240 min13:2448 min9 Nov
Sydney02:19 → 23:1812:150 min12:1548 min9 Nov
Suva03:19 → 00:1811:260 min11:2648 min9 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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