Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1957

Thursday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 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 Wednesday 23 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:43:20
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 24 October

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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 12:43 on Wed 23 Oct to 09:54 on Thu 24 Oct.

    1957-10-23T04:43:20Z → 1957-10-24T01:53:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1021 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1957: Thursday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1957 falls on Thursday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 12:43 on Wed 23 Oct to 09:54 on Thu 24 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1957/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 23 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:43 → 17:5411:1348 min11:130 min23 Oct
Chicago23:43 → 20:5412:1148 min12:110 min23 Oct
Jersey City00:43 → 21:5412:1648 min12:160 min23 Oct
Port of Spain00:43 → 21:5411:2648 min11:260 min23 Oct
London04:43 → 01:5411:2048 min11:200 min23 Oct
Durban06:43 → 03:5411:1748 min11:160 min23 Oct
Dubai08:43 → 05:5411:3948 min11:390 min23 Oct
Delhi10:13 → 07:2411:4148 min11:410 min23 Oct
Kolkata10:13 → 07:2410:5748 min10:570 min23 Oct
Singapore12:13 → 09:2411:5530 min11:550 min23 Oct
Sydney14:43 → 11:5411:160 min11:1638 min24 Oct
Suva16:43 → 13:5411:270 min11:2748 min24 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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