Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1987

Friday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 610 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 23 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 24 October

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 01:28 on Fri 23 Oct to 00:48 on Sat 24 Oct.

    1987-10-22T17:27:53Z → 1987-10-23T16:48:06Z

  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 48 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

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 36628 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1987: Friday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1987 falls on Friday 23 October. Pratipadā runs from 01:28 on Fri 23 Oct to 00:48 on Sat 24 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1987/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:28 → 09:4812:1348 min12:130 min22 Oct
Chicago12:28 → 11:4812:1131 min12:110 min22 Oct
Jersey City13:28 → 12:4812:170 min12:1632 min23 Oct
Port of Spain13:28 → 12:4811:270 min11:2648 min23 Oct
London18:28 → 17:4812:210 min12:2148 min23 Oct
Durban19:28 → 18:4811:170 min11:1748 min23 Oct
Dubai21:28 → 20:4811:390 min11:3948 min23 Oct
Delhi22:58 → 22:1811:410 min11:4148 min23 Oct
Kolkata22:58 → 22:1810:570 min10:5748 min23 Oct
Singapore01:28 → 00:4812:250 min12:2548 min23 Oct
Sydney03:28 → 02:4811:160 min11:1648 min23 Oct
Suva05:28 → 04:4811:270 min11:2748 min23 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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