Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1986

Monday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 36 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 Sunday 2 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 Monday 3 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 11:01:05
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

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 14:02 on Sun 2 Nov to 11:01 on Mon 3 Nov.

    1986-11-02T06:02:08Z → 1986-11-03T03:01:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 2nd, 11:37–12:25 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 2184 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1986: Monday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1986 falls on Monday 3 November. Pratipadā runs from 14:02 on Sun 2 Nov to 11:01 on Mon 3 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1986/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:02 → 19:0111:1248 min11:120 min2 Nov
Chicago00:02 → 21:0111:1048 min11:100 min2 Nov
Jersey City01:02 → 22:0111:1648 min11:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain02:02 → 23:0111:2648 min11:260 min2 Nov
London06:02 → 03:0111:2048 min11:200 min2 Nov
Durban08:02 → 05:0111:1648 min11:160 min2 Nov
Dubai10:02 → 07:0111:3848 min11:380 min2 Nov
Delhi11:32 → 08:3111:4048 min11:400 min2 Nov
Kolkata11:32 → 08:3110:5612 min10:560 min2 Nov
Singapore14:02 → 11:0112:240 min12:240 min3 Nov
Sydney17:02 → 14:0112:150 min12:1548 min3 Nov
Suva18:02 → 15:0111:260 min11:2648 min3 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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