Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2005

Wednesday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 133 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 2 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

Midday of Thursday 3 November

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 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 09:25 on Wed 2 Nov to 08:55 on Thu 3 Nov.

    2005-11-02T01:24:36Z → 2005-11-03T00:54:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 2nd, 11:37–12:25 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 7973 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2005: Wednesday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2005 falls on Wednesday 2 November. Pratipadā runs from 09:25 on Wed 2 Nov to 08:55 on Thu 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:25 → 16:5511:1248 min11:120 min2 Nov
Chicago19:25 → 18:5511:1048 min11:100 min2 Nov
Jersey City20:25 → 19:5511:1648 min11:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain21:25 → 20:5511:2648 min11:260 min2 Nov
London01:25 → 00:5511:2048 min11:200 min2 Nov
Durban03:25 → 02:5511:1648 min11:160 min2 Nov
Dubai05:25 → 04:5511:3848 min11:380 min2 Nov
Delhi06:55 → 06:2511:4048 min11:400 min2 Nov
Kolkata06:55 → 06:2510:5648 min10:560 min2 Nov
Singapore09:25 → 08:5512:2448 min12:240 min2 Nov
Sydney12:25 → 11:5512:1538 min12:150 min2 Nov
Suva13:25 → 12:5511:260 min11:2648 min3 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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