Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1965

Monday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 514 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 24 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 25 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 22:11 on Sun 24 Oct to 21:00 on Mon 25 Oct.

    1965-10-24T14:11:11Z → 1965-10-25T12:59:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 24th, 11:38–12:26 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 30827 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1965: Monday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1965 falls on Monday 25 October. Pratipadā runs from 22:11 on Sun 24 Oct to 21:00 on Mon 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1965/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:11 → 06:0012:1348 min12:130 min24 Oct
Chicago09:11 → 08:0012:1148 min12:100 min24 Oct
Jersey City10:11 → 09:0012:1648 min12:160 min24 Oct
Port of Spain10:11 → 09:0011:2648 min11:260 min24 Oct
London14:11 → 13:0011:200 min11:2048 min25 Oct
Durban16:11 → 15:0011:160 min11:1648 min25 Oct
Dubai18:11 → 17:0011:390 min11:3948 min25 Oct
Delhi19:41 → 18:3011:410 min11:4148 min25 Oct
Kolkata19:41 → 18:3010:570 min10:5748 min25 Oct
Singapore21:41 → 20:3011:550 min11:5548 min25 Oct
Sydney00:11 → 23:0011:160 min11:1648 min25 Oct
Suva02:11 → 01:0011:270 min11:2748 min25 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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