Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1990

Friday 19 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 621 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 19 October

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

Midday of Saturday 20 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 23:37 on Thu 18 Oct to 01:18 on Sat 20 Oct.

    1990-10-18T15:36:41Z → 1990-10-19T17:17:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 37272 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1990: Friday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1990 falls on Friday 19 October. Pratipadā runs from 23:37 on Thu 18 Oct to 01:18 on Sat 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1990/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:37 → 10:1812:1448 min12:140 min18 Oct
Chicago10:37 → 12:1812:1148 min12:116 min18 Oct
Jersey City11:37 → 13:1812:1748 min12:1748 min18 Oct
Port of Spain11:37 → 13:1811:2739 min11:2748 min18 Oct
London16:37 → 18:1812:210 min12:2148 min19 Oct
Durban17:37 → 19:1811:170 min11:1748 min19 Oct
Dubai19:37 → 21:1811:400 min11:4048 min19 Oct
Delhi21:07 → 22:4811:420 min11:4248 min19 Oct
Kolkata21:07 → 22:4810:580 min10:5748 min19 Oct
Singapore23:37 → 01:1812:260 min12:2648 min19 Oct
Sydney01:37 → 03:1811:170 min11:1748 min19 Oct
Suva03:37 → 05:1811:280 min11:2848 min19 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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