Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1971

Wednesday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 212 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 Tuesday 19 October

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 Wednesday 20 October

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 15:59 on Tue 19 Oct to 18:21 on Wed 20 Oct.

    1971-10-19T07:58:55Z → 1971-10-20T10:21:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 12714 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1971: Wednesday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1971 falls on Wednesday 20 October. Pratipadā runs from 15:59 on Tue 19 Oct to 18:21 on Wed 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1971/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:59 → 03:2112:1448 min12:140 min19 Oct
Chicago02:59 → 05:2112:1148 min12:110 min19 Oct
Jersey City03:59 → 06:2112:1748 min12:170 min19 Oct
Port of Spain03:59 → 06:2111:2748 min11:270 min19 Oct
London08:59 → 11:2112:2148 min12:210 min19 Oct
Durban09:59 → 12:2111:1748 min11:1748 min19 Oct
Dubai11:59 → 14:2111:4029 min11:4048 min19 Oct
Delhi13:29 → 15:5111:420 min11:4248 min20 Oct
Kolkata13:29 → 15:5110:580 min10:5748 min20 Oct
Singapore15:29 → 17:5111:560 min11:5648 min20 Oct
Sydney17:59 → 20:2111:170 min11:1648 min20 Oct
Suva19:59 → 22:2111:280 min11:2748 min20 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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