Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1992

Monday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 424 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 26 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 27 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 04:34 on Mon 26 Oct to 02:26 on Tue 27 Oct.

    1992-10-25T20:33:45Z → 1992-10-26T18:26:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 25448 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1992: Monday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1992 falls on Monday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 04:34 on Mon 26 Oct to 02:26 on Tue 27 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:34 → 10:2611:130 min11:130 min26 Oct
Chicago14:34 → 12:2611:100 min11:1048 min26 Oct
Jersey City15:34 → 13:2611:160 min11:1648 min26 Oct
Port of Spain16:34 → 14:2611:260 min11:2648 min26 Oct
London20:34 → 18:2611:200 min11:2048 min26 Oct
Durban22:34 → 20:2611:160 min11:1648 min26 Oct
Dubai00:34 → 22:2611:390 min11:3948 min26 Oct
Delhi02:04 → 23:5611:410 min11:4148 min26 Oct
Kolkata02:04 → 23:5610:560 min10:5648 min26 Oct
Singapore04:34 → 02:2612:250 min12:2548 min26 Oct
Sydney07:34 → 05:2612:160 min12:1548 min26 Oct
Suva08:34 → 06:2611:270 min11:2648 min26 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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