Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1998

Wednesday 21 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 343 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 21 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

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 18:09 on Tue 20 Oct to 20:41 on Wed 21 Oct.

    1998-10-20T10:09:23Z → 1998-10-21T12:41:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 20th, 11:39–12:27 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 20557 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1998: Wednesday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1998 falls on Wednesday 21 October. Pratipadā runs from 18:09 on Tue 20 Oct to 20:41 on Wed 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:09 → 05:4112:1448 min12:130 min20 Oct
Chicago05:09 → 07:4112:1148 min12:110 min20 Oct
Jersey City06:09 → 08:4112:1748 min12:170 min20 Oct
Port of Spain06:09 → 08:4111:2748 min11:270 min20 Oct
London11:09 → 13:4112:2148 min12:2148 min20 Oct
Durban12:09 → 14:4111:170 min11:1748 min21 Oct
Dubai14:09 → 16:4111:390 min11:3948 min21 Oct
Delhi15:39 → 18:1111:420 min11:4248 min21 Oct
Kolkata15:39 → 18:1110:570 min10:5748 min21 Oct
Singapore18:09 → 20:4112:250 min12:2548 min21 Oct
Sydney20:09 → 22:4111:160 min11:1648 min21 Oct
Suva22:09 → 00:4111:270 min11:2748 min21 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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