Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1999

Monday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 8 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 11:53:01
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

33 of 48 minutes covered, the last 33

Midday of Tuesday 9 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

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 11:53 on Mon 8 Nov to 14:00 on Tue 9 Nov.

    1999-11-08T03:53:01Z → 1999-11-09T06:00:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:38–12:26 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 33 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 924 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1999: Monday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1999 falls on Monday 8 November. Pratipadā runs from 11:53 on Mon 8 Nov to 14:00 on Tue 9 Nov and covers 33 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1999/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:53 → 22:0011:1348 min11:130 min8 Nov
Chicago21:53 → 00:0011:1048 min11:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City22:53 → 01:0011:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain23:53 → 02:0011:2648 min11:260 min8 Nov
London03:53 → 06:0011:2048 min11:200 min8 Nov
Durban05:53 → 08:0011:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Dubai07:53 → 10:0011:3848 min11:380 min8 Nov
Delhi09:23 → 11:3011:4148 min11:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata09:23 → 11:3010:5648 min10:5634 min8 Nov
Singapore11:53 → 14:0012:2448 min12:2448 min8 Nov
Sydney14:53 → 17:0012:150 min12:1548 min9 Nov
Suva16:53 → 19:0012:260 min12:2648 min9 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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