Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2015

Thursday 12 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 503 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 12 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 Friday 13 November

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 01:47 on Thu 12 Nov to 03:16 on Fri 13 Nov.

    2015-11-11T17:47:08Z → 2015-11-12T19:15:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 12th, 11:38–12:26 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 30158 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2015: Thursday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2015 falls on Thursday 12 November. Pratipadā runs from 01:47 on Thu 12 Nov to 03:16 on Fri 13 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2015/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:47 → 11:1611:1348 min11:133 min11 Nov
Chicago11:47 → 13:1611:1011 min11:1148 min11 Nov
Jersey City12:47 → 14:1611:160 min11:1648 min12 Nov
Port of Spain13:47 → 15:1611:260 min11:2648 min12 Nov
London17:47 → 19:1611:200 min11:2048 min12 Nov
Durban19:47 → 21:1611:160 min11:1648 min12 Nov
Dubai21:47 → 23:1611:390 min11:3948 min12 Nov
Delhi23:17 → 00:4611:410 min11:4148 min12 Nov
Kolkata23:17 → 00:4610:560 min10:5748 min12 Nov
Singapore01:47 → 03:1612:250 min12:2548 min12 Nov
Sydney04:47 → 06:1612:150 min12:1548 min12 Nov
Suva06:47 → 08:1612:260 min12:2648 min12 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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