Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1989

Monday 30 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 585 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 Monday 30 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 Tuesday 31 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 23:27 on Sun 29 Oct to 01:53 on Tue 31 Oct.

    1989-10-29T15:27:04Z → 1989-10-30T17:52:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 30th, 11:38–12:26 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 35089 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1989: Monday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1989 falls on Monday 30 October. Pratipadā runs from 23:27 on Sun 29 Oct to 01:53 on Tue 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1989/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:27 → 09:5311:1248 min11:120 min29 Oct
Chicago09:27 → 11:5311:1048 min11:1043 min29 Oct
Jersey City10:27 → 12:5311:1648 min11:1648 min29 Oct
Port of Spain11:27 → 13:5311:2647 min11:2648 min29 Oct
London15:27 → 17:5311:200 min11:2048 min30 Oct
Durban17:27 → 19:5311:160 min11:1648 min30 Oct
Dubai19:27 → 21:5311:380 min11:3848 min30 Oct
Delhi20:57 → 23:2311:410 min11:4148 min30 Oct
Kolkata20:57 → 23:2310:560 min10:5648 min30 Oct
Singapore23:27 → 01:5312:240 min12:2448 min30 Oct
Sydney02:27 → 04:5312:150 min12:1548 min30 Oct
Suva03:27 → 05:5311:260 min11:2648 min30 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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