Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1976

Sunday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 43 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 Saturday 23 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 13:09:37
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 24 October

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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

0 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 13:10 on Sat 23 Oct to 09:26 on Sun 24 Oct.

    1976-10-23T05:09:38Z → 1976-10-24T01:25:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 2603 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1976: Sunday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1976 falls on Sunday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 13:10 on Sat 23 Oct to 09:26 on Sun 24 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:10 → 18:2612:1348 min12:130 min23 Oct
Chicago00:10 → 20:2612:1148 min12:100 min23 Oct
Jersey City01:10 → 21:2612:1648 min12:160 min23 Oct
Port of Spain01:10 → 21:2611:2648 min11:260 min23 Oct
London06:10 → 02:2612:2048 min11:200 min23 Oct
Durban07:10 → 03:2611:1648 min11:160 min23 Oct
Dubai09:10 → 05:2611:3948 min11:390 min23 Oct
Delhi10:40 → 06:5611:4148 min11:410 min23 Oct
Kolkata10:40 → 06:5610:5748 min10:570 min23 Oct
Singapore12:40 → 08:5611:553 min11:550 min23 Oct
Sydney15:10 → 11:2611:160 min11:1610 min24 Oct
Suva17:10 → 13:2611:270 min11:2748 min24 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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