Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1973

Friday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 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 Friday 26 October

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

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 11:16:30
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 27 October

Qualifies with 23 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 12:00:38
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

23 of 48 minutes covered, the first 23

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 11:17 on Fri 26 Oct to 12:01 on Sat 27 Oct.

    1973-10-26T03:16:30Z → 1973-10-27T04:00:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 26th, 11:38–12:26 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 23 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 1285 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1973: Friday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1973 falls on Friday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 11:17 on Fri 26 Oct to 12:01 on Sat 27 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 23 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1973/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:17 → 21:0112:1348 min12:130 min26 Oct
Chicago22:17 → 23:0112:1048 min12:100 min26 Oct
Jersey City23:17 → 00:0112:1648 min12:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain23:17 → 00:0111:2648 min11:260 min26 Oct
London04:17 → 05:0112:2048 min12:200 min26 Oct
Durban05:17 → 06:0111:1648 min11:160 min26 Oct
Dubai07:17 → 08:0111:3948 min11:390 min26 Oct
Delhi08:47 → 09:3111:4148 min11:410 min26 Oct
Kolkata08:47 → 09:3110:5648 min10:560 min26 Oct
Singapore10:47 → 11:3111:5548 min11:550 min26 Oct
Sydney13:17 → 14:0111:150 min11:1548 min27 Oct
Suva15:17 → 16:0111:260 min11:2648 min27 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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