Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2018

Thursday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 672 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 Wednesday 7 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

Midday of Thursday 8 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 00:02 on Thu 8 Nov to 23:38 on Thu 8 Nov.

    2018-11-07T16:02:02Z → 2018-11-08T15:37:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 7th, 11:38–12:26 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 40335 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2018: Thursday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2018 falls on Thursday 8 November. Pratipadā runs from 00:02 on Thu 8 Nov to 23:38 on Thu 8 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2018/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:02 → 07:3811:1248 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago10:02 → 09:3811:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City11:02 → 10:3811:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain12:02 → 11:3811:2612 min11:2612 min7 Nov
London16:02 → 15:3811:200 min11:2048 min8 Nov
Durban18:02 → 17:3811:160 min11:1648 min8 Nov
Dubai20:02 → 19:3811:380 min11:3848 min8 Nov
Delhi21:32 → 21:0811:410 min11:4148 min8 Nov
Kolkata21:32 → 21:0810:560 min10:5648 min8 Nov
Singapore00:02 → 23:3812:240 min12:2448 min8 Nov
Sydney03:02 → 02:3812:150 min12:1548 min8 Nov
Suva05:02 → 04:3812:260 min12:2648 min8 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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