Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2013

Monday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 366 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 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

Midday of Monday 4 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

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 Sun 3 Nov to 18:32 on Mon 4 Nov.

    2013-11-03T12:49:57Z → 2013-11-04T10:31:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 3rd, 11:37–12:25 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 21979 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2013: Monday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2013 falls on Monday 4 November. Pratipadā runs from 20:50 on Sun 3 Nov to 18:32 on Mon 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:50 → 02:3211:1248 min11:120 min3 Nov
Chicago06:50 → 04:3211:1048 min11:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City07:50 → 05:3211:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain08:50 → 06:3211:2648 min11:260 min3 Nov
London12:50 → 10:3211:200 min11:200 min4 Nov
Durban14:50 → 12:3211:160 min11:1648 min4 Nov
Dubai16:50 → 14:3211:380 min11:3848 min4 Nov
Delhi18:20 → 16:0211:400 min11:4048 min4 Nov
Kolkata18:20 → 16:0210:560 min10:5648 min4 Nov
Singapore20:50 → 18:3212:240 min12:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney23:50 → 21:3212:150 min12:1548 min4 Nov
Suva01:50 → 23:3212:260 min12:2648 min4 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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