Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1949

Saturday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 376 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 Saturday 22 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

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 05:23 on Sat 22 Oct to 01:41 on Sun 23 Oct.

    1949-10-21T21:22:47Z → 1949-10-22T17:40:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 22540 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1949: Saturday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1949 falls on Saturday 22 October. Pratipadā runs from 05:23 on Sat 22 Oct to 01:41 on Sun 23 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:23 → 09:4111:130 min11:130 min22 Oct
Chicago15:23 → 11:4111:110 min11:1130 min22 Oct
Jersey City16:23 → 12:4111:170 min11:1748 min22 Oct
Port of Spain17:23 → 13:4111:270 min11:2748 min22 Oct
London22:23 → 18:4112:210 min12:2148 min22 Oct
Durban23:23 → 19:4111:170 min11:1748 min22 Oct
Dubai01:23 → 21:4111:390 min11:3948 min22 Oct
Delhi02:53 → 23:1111:420 min11:4148 min22 Oct
Kolkata02:53 → 23:1110:570 min10:5748 min22 Oct
Singapore04:53 → 01:1111:550 min11:5548 min22 Oct
Sydney07:23 → 03:4111:160 min11:1648 min22 Oct
Suva09:23 → 05:4111:270 min11:2748 min22 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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