Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1952

Sunday 19 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 280 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 19 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 20 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 06:42 on Sun 19 Oct to 06:58 on Mon 20 Oct.

    1952-10-18T22:42:15Z → 1952-10-19T22:58:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 16820 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1952: Sunday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1952 falls on Sunday 19 October. Pratipadā runs from 06:42 on Sun 19 Oct to 06:58 on Mon 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:42 → 14:5811:140 min11:1448 min19 Oct
Chicago16:42 → 16:5811:110 min11:1148 min19 Oct
Jersey City17:42 → 17:5811:170 min11:1748 min19 Oct
Port of Spain18:42 → 18:5811:270 min11:2748 min19 Oct
London23:42 → 23:5812:210 min12:2148 min19 Oct
Durban00:42 → 00:5811:170 min11:1748 min19 Oct
Dubai02:42 → 02:5811:400 min11:4048 min19 Oct
Delhi04:12 → 04:2811:420 min11:4248 min19 Oct
Kolkata04:12 → 04:2810:580 min10:5748 min19 Oct
Singapore06:12 → 06:2811:560 min11:5648 min19 Oct
Sydney08:42 → 08:5811:170 min11:1748 min19 Oct
Suva10:42 → 10:5811:280 min11:2848 min19 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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