Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa) · 2001

Friday 16 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 45 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 15 November

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 Friday 16 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 13:11:43
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 14:40 on Thu 15 Nov to 13:12 on Fri 16 Nov.

    2001-11-15T06:39:59Z → 2001-11-16T05:11:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 15th, 11:39–12:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 2702 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2001: Friday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2001 falls on Friday 16 November. Pratipadā runs from 14:40 on Thu 15 Nov to 13:12 on Fri 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:40 → 21:1211:1348 min11:140 min15 Nov
Chicago00:40 → 23:1211:1148 min11:110 min15 Nov
Jersey City01:40 → 00:1211:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Port of Spain02:40 → 01:1211:2748 min11:270 min15 Nov
London06:40 → 05:1211:2148 min11:210 min15 Nov
Durban08:40 → 07:1211:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Dubai10:40 → 09:1211:3948 min11:390 min15 Nov
Delhi12:10 → 10:4211:4220 min11:420 min15 Nov
Kolkata12:10 → 10:4210:570 min10:570 min16 Nov
Singapore14:40 → 13:1212:250 min12:2546 min16 Nov
Sydney17:40 → 16:1212:160 min12:1648 min16 Nov
Suva18:40 → 17:1211:270 min11:2748 min16 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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