Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1961

Thursday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 310 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 8 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 Thursday 9 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 17:58 on Wed 8 Nov to 17:36 on Thu 9 Nov.

    1961-11-08T09:58:24Z → 1961-11-09T09:35:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:38–12:26 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 18600 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1961: Thursday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1961 falls on Thursday 9 November. Pratipadā runs from 17:58 on Wed 8 Nov to 17:36 on Thu 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:58 → 01:3611:1348 min11:130 min8 Nov
Chicago03:58 → 03:3611:1048 min11:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City04:58 → 04:3611:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain05:58 → 05:3611:2648 min11:260 min8 Nov
London09:58 → 09:3611:2048 min11:200 min8 Nov
Durban11:58 → 11:3611:165 min11:1620 min8 Nov
Dubai13:58 → 13:3611:380 min11:3848 min9 Nov
Delhi15:28 → 15:0611:410 min11:4148 min9 Nov
Kolkata15:28 → 15:0610:560 min10:5648 min9 Nov
Singapore17:28 → 17:0611:540 min11:5448 min9 Nov
Sydney19:58 → 19:3611:150 min11:1548 min9 Nov
Suva21:58 → 21:3611:260 min11:2648 min9 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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