Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1956

Saturday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 654 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 3 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

Midday of Sunday 4 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 00:44 on Sat 3 Nov to 00:24 on Sun 4 Nov.

    1956-11-02T16:43:38Z → 1956-11-03T16:23:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 39234 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1956: Saturday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1956 falls on Saturday 3 November. Pratipadā runs from 00:44 on Sat 3 Nov to 00:24 on Sun 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:44 → 08:2411:1248 min11:120 min2 Nov
Chicago10:44 → 10:2411:1048 min11:100 min2 Nov
Jersey City11:44 → 11:2411:1620 min11:168 min2 Nov
Port of Spain12:44 → 12:2411:260 min11:2648 min3 Nov
London16:44 → 16:2411:200 min11:2048 min3 Nov
Durban18:44 → 18:2411:160 min11:1648 min3 Nov
Dubai20:44 → 20:2411:380 min11:3848 min3 Nov
Delhi22:14 → 21:5411:410 min11:4148 min3 Nov
Kolkata22:14 → 21:5410:560 min10:5648 min3 Nov
Singapore00:14 → 23:5411:540 min11:5448 min3 Nov
Sydney02:44 → 02:2411:150 min11:1548 min3 Nov
Suva04:44 → 04:2411:260 min11:2648 min3 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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