Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1964

Thursday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 171 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 5 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 15:16 on Wed 4 Nov to 16:47 on Thu 5 Nov.

    1964-11-04T07:16:18Z → 1964-11-05T08:47:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 4th, 11:38–12:26 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 10246 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1964: Thursday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1964 falls on Thursday 5 November. Pratipadā runs from 15:16 on Wed 4 Nov to 16:47 on Thu 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1964/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:16 → 00:4711:1248 min11:120 min4 Nov
Chicago01:16 → 02:4711:1048 min11:100 min4 Nov
Jersey City02:16 → 03:4711:1648 min11:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain03:16 → 04:4711:2648 min11:260 min4 Nov
London07:16 → 08:4711:2048 min11:200 min4 Nov
Durban09:16 → 10:4711:1648 min11:160 min4 Nov
Dubai11:16 → 12:4711:3848 min11:3848 min4 Nov
Delhi12:46 → 14:1711:410 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata12:46 → 14:1710:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore14:46 → 16:1711:540 min11:5448 min5 Nov
Sydney17:16 → 18:4711:150 min11:1548 min5 Nov
Suva19:16 → 20:4711:260 min11:2648 min5 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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