Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1944

Wednesday 18 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 67 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 Tuesday 17 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:39  13:27 madhyāhna ends
11:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 18 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:39  13:27 madhyāhna ends
11:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:15

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 14:35 on Tue 17 Oct to 16:31 on Wed 18 Oct.

    1944-10-17T05:34:45Z → 1944-10-18T07:30:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:39–13:27 on the 17th, 12:39–13:27 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 4045 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1944: Wednesday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1944 falls on Wednesday 18 October. Pratipadā runs from 14:35 on Tue 17 Oct to 16:31 on Wed 18 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:35 → 00:3112:1448 min12:140 min17 Oct
Chicago00:35 → 02:3112:1248 min12:110 min17 Oct
Jersey City01:35 → 03:3112:1748 min12:170 min17 Oct
Port of Spain02:35 → 04:3112:2748 min12:270 min17 Oct
London06:35 → 08:3112:2148 min12:210 min17 Oct
Durban07:35 → 09:3111:1848 min11:170 min17 Oct
Dubai09:35 → 11:3111:4048 min11:400 min17 Oct
Delhi12:05 → 14:0112:4248 min12:4248 min17 Oct
Kolkata12:05 → 14:0111:5841 min11:5848 min17 Oct
Singapore14:35 → 16:3113:260 min13:2648 min18 Oct
Sydney15:35 → 17:3111:170 min11:1748 min18 Oct
Suva17:35 → 19:3111:280 min11:2848 min18 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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