Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1963

Sunday 17 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 144 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 Saturday 16 November

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 17 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 14:50 on Sat 16 Nov to 17:27 on Sun 17 Nov.

    1963-11-16T06:50:16Z → 1963-11-17T09:27:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 16th, 11:39–12:27 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 8621 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1963: Sunday 17 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1963 falls on Sunday 17 November. Pratipadā runs from 14:50 on Sat 16 Nov to 17:27 on Sun 17 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:50 → 01:2711:1448 min11:140 min16 Nov
Chicago00:50 → 03:2711:1148 min11:110 min16 Nov
Jersey City01:50 → 04:2711:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Port of Spain02:50 → 05:2711:2748 min11:270 min16 Nov
London06:50 → 09:2711:2148 min11:210 min16 Nov
Durban08:50 → 11:2711:1748 min11:1710 min16 Nov
Dubai10:50 → 13:2711:3948 min11:3948 min16 Nov
Delhi12:20 → 14:5711:429 min11:4248 min16 Nov
Kolkata12:20 → 14:5710:570 min10:5748 min17 Nov
Singapore14:20 → 16:5711:550 min11:5548 min17 Nov
Sydney16:50 → 19:2711:160 min11:1648 min17 Nov
Suva18:50 → 21:2711:270 min11:2748 min17 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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