Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1997

Saturday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 336 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 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

Midday of Saturday 1 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

48 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 18:01 on Fri 31 Oct to 19:21 on Sat 1 Nov.

    1997-10-31T10:01:03Z → 1997-11-01T11:21:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 31st, 11:37–12:25 on the 1st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 20131 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1997: Saturday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1997 falls on Saturday 1 November. Pratipadā runs from 18:01 on Fri 31 Oct to 19:21 on Sat 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:01 → 03:2111:1248 min11:120 min31 Oct
Chicago04:01 → 05:2111:1048 min11:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City05:01 → 06:2111:1648 min11:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain06:01 → 07:2111:2648 min11:260 min31 Oct
London10:01 → 11:2111:2048 min11:202 min31 Oct
Durban12:01 → 13:2111:163 min11:1648 min31 Oct
Dubai14:01 → 15:2111:380 min11:3848 min1 Nov
Delhi15:31 → 16:5111:410 min11:4048 min1 Nov
Kolkata15:31 → 16:5110:560 min10:5648 min1 Nov
Singapore18:01 → 19:2112:240 min12:2448 min1 Nov
Sydney21:01 → 22:2112:150 min12:1548 min1 Nov
Suva22:01 → 23:2111:260 min11:2648 min1 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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