Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1955

Tuesday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 455 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 Monday 14 November

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 Tuesday 15 November

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 20:01 on Mon 14 Nov to 22:11 on Tue 15 Nov.

    1955-11-14T12:01:30Z → 1955-11-15T14:10:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:38–12:26 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 27313 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1955: Tuesday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1955 falls on Tuesday 15 November. Pratipadā runs from 20:01 on Mon 14 Nov to 22:11 on Tue 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1955/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:01 → 06:1111:1348 min11:130 min14 Nov
Chicago06:01 → 08:1111:1148 min11:110 min14 Nov
Jersey City07:01 → 09:1111:1748 min11:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain08:01 → 10:1111:2648 min11:270 min14 Nov
London12:01 → 14:1111:217 min11:2148 min14 Nov
Durban14:01 → 16:1111:160 min11:1748 min15 Nov
Dubai16:01 → 18:1111:390 min11:3948 min15 Nov
Delhi17:31 → 19:4111:410 min11:4148 min15 Nov
Kolkata17:31 → 19:4110:570 min10:5748 min15 Nov
Singapore19:31 → 21:4111:550 min11:5548 min15 Nov
Sydney22:01 → 00:1111:160 min11:1648 min15 Nov
Suva00:01 → 02:1111:270 min11:2748 min15 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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