Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa) · 2003

Sunday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 292 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Saturday 25 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 Sunday 26 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

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 20:50 on Sat 25 Oct to 17:17 on Sun 26 Oct.

    2003-10-25T12:50:18Z → 2003-10-26T09:17:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 17490 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2003: Sunday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2003 falls on Sunday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 20:50 on Sat 25 Oct to 17:17 on Sun 26 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:50 → 01:1712:1348 min11:130 min25 Oct
Chicago07:50 → 03:1712:1048 min11:100 min25 Oct
Jersey City08:50 → 04:1712:1648 min11:160 min25 Oct
Port of Spain08:50 → 05:1711:2648 min11:260 min25 Oct
London13:50 → 09:1712:200 min11:200 min26 Oct
Durban14:50 → 11:1711:160 min11:161 min26 Oct
Dubai16:50 → 13:1711:390 min11:3948 min26 Oct
Delhi18:20 → 14:4711:410 min11:4148 min26 Oct
Kolkata18:20 → 14:4710:570 min10:5648 min26 Oct
Singapore20:50 → 17:1712:250 min12:2548 min26 Oct
Sydney22:50 → 20:1711:160 min12:1648 min26 Oct
Suva00:50 → 21:1711:270 min11:2648 min26 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

About Ahargaṇa