Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2008

Wednesday 29 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 169 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 Wednesday 29 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

Midday of Thursday 30 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

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 07:14 on Wed 29 Oct to 08:49 on Thu 30 Oct.

    2008-10-28T23:13:51Z → 2008-10-30T00:48:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 29th, 11:38–12:26 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 10132 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2008: Wednesday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2008 falls on Wednesday 29 October. Pratipadā runs from 07:14 on Wed 29 Oct to 08:49 on Thu 30 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:14 → 17:4912:120 min12:120 min29 Oct
Chicago18:14 → 19:4912:100 min12:100 min29 Oct
Jersey City19:14 → 20:4912:160 min12:160 min29 Oct
Port of Spain19:14 → 20:4911:260 min11:260 min29 Oct
London23:14 → 00:4911:200 min11:200 min29 Oct
Durban01:14 → 02:4911:160 min11:160 min29 Oct
Dubai03:14 → 04:4911:380 min11:380 min29 Oct
Delhi04:44 → 06:1911:410 min11:410 min29 Oct
Kolkata04:44 → 06:1910:560 min10:560 min29 Oct
Singapore07:14 → 08:4912:240 min12:240 min29 Oct
Sydney10:14 → 11:4912:150 min12:150 min29 Oct
Suva11:14 → 12:4911:260 min11:2648 min29 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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