Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2006

Monday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 48 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 Sunday 22 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 13:14:03
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 23 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 13:14 on Sun 22 Oct to 15:13 on Mon 23 Oct.

    2006-10-22T05:14:03Z → 2006-10-23T07:12:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 2858 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2006: Monday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2006 falls on Monday 23 October. Pratipadā runs from 13:14 on Sun 22 Oct to 15:13 on Mon 23 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:14 → 00:1312:1348 min12:130 min22 Oct
Chicago00:14 → 02:1312:1148 min12:110 min22 Oct
Jersey City01:14 → 03:1312:1648 min12:160 min22 Oct
Port of Spain01:14 → 03:1311:2648 min11:260 min22 Oct
London06:14 → 08:1312:2148 min12:200 min22 Oct
Durban07:14 → 09:1311:1748 min11:160 min22 Oct
Dubai09:14 → 11:1311:3948 min11:390 min22 Oct
Delhi10:44 → 12:4311:4148 min11:4148 min22 Oct
Kolkata10:44 → 12:4310:5748 min10:5748 min22 Oct
Singapore13:14 → 15:1312:250 min12:2548 min23 Oct
Sydney15:14 → 17:1311:160 min11:1648 min23 Oct
Suva17:14 → 19:1311:270 min11:2748 min23 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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