Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa) · 2016

Monday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 448 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 Monday 31 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 Tuesday 1 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 01:38 on Mon 31 Oct to 04:10 on Tue 1 Nov.

    2016-10-30T17:38:10Z → 2016-10-31T20:09:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 31st, 11:37–12:25 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 26852 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2016: Monday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2016 falls on Monday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 01:38 on Mon 31 Oct to 04:10 on Tue 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:38 → 13:1012:1248 min12:1248 min30 Oct
Chicago12:38 → 15:1012:1020 min12:1048 min30 Oct
Jersey City13:38 → 16:1012:160 min12:1648 min31 Oct
Port of Spain13:38 → 16:1011:260 min11:2648 min31 Oct
London17:38 → 20:1011:200 min11:2048 min31 Oct
Durban19:38 → 22:1011:160 min11:1648 min31 Oct
Dubai21:38 → 00:1011:380 min11:3848 min31 Oct
Delhi23:08 → 01:4011:410 min11:4148 min31 Oct
Kolkata23:08 → 01:4010:560 min10:5648 min31 Oct
Singapore01:38 → 04:1012:240 min12:2448 min31 Oct
Sydney04:38 → 07:1012:150 min12:1548 min31 Oct
Suva05:38 → 08:1011:260 min11:2648 min31 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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