Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa) · 1982

Tuesday 16 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 643 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 Monday 15 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 Tuesday 16 November

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 23:10 on Mon 15 Nov to 00:34 on Wed 17 Nov.

    1982-11-15T15:09:54Z → 1982-11-16T16:33:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 15th, 11:39–12:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 38606 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1982: Tuesday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1982 falls on Tuesday 16 November. Pratipadā runs from 23:10 on Mon 15 Nov to 00:34 on Wed 17 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:10 → 08:3411:1348 min11:140 min15 Nov
Chicago09:10 → 10:3411:1148 min11:110 min15 Nov
Jersey City10:10 → 11:3411:1748 min11:1717 min15 Nov
Port of Spain11:10 → 12:3411:2748 min11:2748 min15 Nov
London15:10 → 16:3411:210 min11:2148 min16 Nov
Durban17:10 → 18:3411:170 min11:1748 min16 Nov
Dubai19:10 → 20:3411:390 min11:3948 min16 Nov
Delhi20:40 → 22:0411:410 min11:4248 min16 Nov
Kolkata20:40 → 22:0410:570 min10:5748 min16 Nov
Singapore23:10 → 00:3412:250 min12:2548 min16 Nov
Sydney02:10 → 03:3412:160 min12:1648 min16 Nov
Suva03:10 → 04:3411:270 min11:2748 min16 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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