Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2017

Friday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 451 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 20 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 21 October

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 03:12 on Fri 20 Oct to 04:07 on Sat 21 Oct.

    2017-10-19T19:12:03Z → 2017-10-20T20:07:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 20th, 11:39–12:27 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 27070 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2017: Friday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2017 falls on Friday 20 October. Pratipadā runs from 03:12 on Fri 20 Oct to 04:07 on Sat 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2017/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:12 → 13:0712:1448 min12:1348 min19 Oct
Chicago14:12 → 15:0712:110 min12:1148 min20 Oct
Jersey City15:12 → 16:0712:170 min12:1748 min20 Oct
Port of Spain15:12 → 16:0711:270 min11:2748 min20 Oct
London20:12 → 21:0712:210 min12:2148 min20 Oct
Durban21:12 → 22:0711:170 min11:1748 min20 Oct
Dubai23:12 → 00:0711:400 min11:3948 min20 Oct
Delhi00:42 → 01:3711:420 min11:4248 min20 Oct
Kolkata00:42 → 01:3710:570 min10:5748 min20 Oct
Singapore03:12 → 04:0712:260 min12:2548 min20 Oct
Sydney06:12 → 07:0712:160 min12:1648 min20 Oct
Suva07:12 → 08:0711:270 min11:2748 min20 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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