Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1996

Monday 11 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 50 s.

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 11 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:16:08
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

10 of 48 minutes covered, the last 10

Midday of Tuesday 12 November

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 10:55:07
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 12:16 on Mon 11 Nov to 10:55 on Tue 12 Nov.

    1996-11-11T04:16:08Z → 1996-11-12T02:55:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 10 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 590 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1996: Monday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1996 falls on Monday 11 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:16 on Mon 11 Nov to 10:55 on Tue 12 Nov and covers 10 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:16 → 18:5511:1348 min11:130 min11 Nov
Chicago22:16 → 20:5511:1048 min11:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City23:16 → 21:5511:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Port of Spain00:16 → 22:5511:2648 min11:260 min11 Nov
London04:16 → 02:5511:2048 min11:200 min11 Nov
Durban06:16 → 04:5511:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Dubai08:16 → 06:5511:3948 min11:390 min11 Nov
Delhi09:46 → 08:2511:4148 min11:410 min11 Nov
Kolkata09:46 → 08:2510:5648 min10:570 min11 Nov
Singapore12:16 → 10:5512:2548 min12:250 min11 Nov
Sydney15:16 → 13:5512:150 min12:1648 min12 Nov
Suva16:16 → 14:5511:260 min11:2748 min12 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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