Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1977

Saturday 12 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 25 s away. Say “contested”.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 11 November

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 Saturday 12 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 11:40:30
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

2 of 48 minutes covered, the first 2

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 15:09 on Fri 11 Nov to 11:41 on Sat 12 Nov.

    1977-11-11T07:09:22Z → 1977-11-12T03:40:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 2 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 145 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1977: Saturday 12 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1977 falls on Saturday 12 November. Pratipadā runs from 15:09 on Fri 11 Nov to 11:41 on Sat 12 Nov and covers 2 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 2 min 25 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:09 → 19:4111:1348 min11:130 min11 Nov
Chicago01:09 → 21:4111:1048 min11:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City02:09 → 22:4111:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Port of Spain03:09 → 23:4111:2648 min11:260 min11 Nov
London07:09 → 03:4111:2048 min11:200 min11 Nov
Durban09:09 → 05:4111:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Dubai11:09 → 07:4111:3948 min11:390 min11 Nov
Delhi12:39 → 09:1111:410 min11:410 min12 Nov
Kolkata12:39 → 09:1110:560 min10:570 min12 Nov
Singapore14:39 → 11:1111:550 min11:550 min12 Nov
Sydney18:09 → 14:4112:150 min12:1648 min12 Nov
Suva19:09 → 15:4111:260 min11:2748 min12 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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