Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1972

Monday 6 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 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 Monday 6 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 7 November

Qualifies with 14 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 11:51:56
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

14 of 48 minutes covered, the first 14

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 09:21 on Mon 6 Nov to 11:52 on Tue 7 Nov.

    1972-11-06T01:21:17Z → 1972-11-07T03:51:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 6th, 11:38–12:26 on the 7th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 14 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 859 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1972: Monday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1972 falls on Monday 6 November. Pratipadā runs from 09:21 on Mon 6 Nov to 11:52 on Tue 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 14 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:21 → 19:5211:1248 min11:130 min6 Nov
Chicago19:21 → 21:5211:1048 min11:100 min6 Nov
Jersey City20:21 → 22:5211:1648 min11:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain21:21 → 23:5211:2648 min11:260 min6 Nov
London01:21 → 03:5211:2048 min11:200 min6 Nov
Durban03:21 → 05:5211:1648 min11:160 min6 Nov
Dubai05:21 → 07:5211:3848 min11:380 min6 Nov
Delhi06:51 → 09:2211:4148 min11:410 min6 Nov
Kolkata06:51 → 09:2210:5648 min10:560 min6 Nov
Singapore08:51 → 11:2211:5448 min11:540 min6 Nov
Sydney12:21 → 14:5212:1542 min12:1548 min6 Nov
Suva13:21 → 15:5211:260 min11:2648 min7 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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