Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1962

Monday 29 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 519 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 28 October

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 Monday 29 October

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 21:05 on Sun 28 Oct to 23:07 on Mon 29 Oct.

    1962-10-28T13:04:46Z → 1962-10-29T15:06:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 28th, 11:38–12:26 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 31139 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1962: Monday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1962 falls on Monday 29 October. Pratipadā runs from 21:05 on Sun 28 Oct to 23:07 on Mon 29 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:05 → 07:0711:1348 min11:130 min28 Oct
Chicago07:05 → 09:0711:1048 min11:100 min28 Oct
Jersey City08:05 → 10:0711:1648 min11:160 min28 Oct
Port of Spain09:05 → 11:0711:2648 min11:260 min28 Oct
London13:05 → 15:0711:200 min11:2048 min29 Oct
Durban15:05 → 17:0711:160 min11:1648 min29 Oct
Dubai17:05 → 19:0711:380 min11:3848 min29 Oct
Delhi18:35 → 20:3711:410 min11:4148 min29 Oct
Kolkata18:35 → 20:3710:560 min10:5648 min29 Oct
Singapore20:35 → 22:3711:540 min11:5448 min29 Oct
Sydney23:05 → 01:0711:150 min11:1548 min29 Oct
Suva01:05 → 03:0711:260 min11:2648 min29 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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