Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa) · 2012

Wednesday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 330 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 Wednesday 14 November

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 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 06:08 on Wed 14 Nov to 02:26 on Thu 15 Nov.

    2012-11-13T22:08:00Z → 2012-11-14T18:26:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:39–12:27 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 19824 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2012: Wednesday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2012 falls on Wednesday 14 November. Pratipadā runs from 06:08 on Wed 14 Nov to 02:26 on Thu 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:08 → 10:2611:130 min11:130 min14 Nov
Chicago16:08 → 12:2611:110 min11:1148 min14 Nov
Jersey City17:08 → 13:2611:160 min11:1748 min14 Nov
Port of Spain18:08 → 14:2611:260 min11:2748 min14 Nov
London22:08 → 18:2611:210 min11:2148 min14 Nov
Durban00:08 → 20:2611:160 min11:1748 min14 Nov
Dubai02:08 → 22:2611:390 min11:3948 min14 Nov
Delhi03:38 → 23:5611:410 min11:4148 min14 Nov
Kolkata03:38 → 23:5610:570 min10:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore06:08 → 02:2612:250 min12:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney09:08 → 05:2612:160 min12:1648 min14 Nov
Suva11:08 → 07:2612:270 min12:2748 min14 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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