Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2020

Monday 16 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 41 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 15 November

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 13:07:11
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 16 November

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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 13:07 on Sun 15 Nov to 09:37 on Mon 16 Nov.

    2020-11-15T05:07:11Z → 2020-11-16T01:36:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 15th, 11:39–12:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 2438 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2020: Monday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2020 falls on Monday 16 November. Pratipadā runs from 13:07 on Sun 15 Nov to 09:37 on Mon 16 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2020/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:07 → 17:3711:1448 min11:140 min15 Nov
Chicago23:07 → 19:3711:1148 min11:110 min15 Nov
Jersey City00:07 → 20:3711:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Port of Spain01:07 → 21:3711:2748 min11:270 min15 Nov
London05:07 → 01:3711:2148 min11:210 min15 Nov
Durban07:07 → 03:3711:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Dubai09:07 → 05:3711:3948 min11:390 min15 Nov
Delhi10:37 → 07:0711:4248 min11:420 min15 Nov
Kolkata10:37 → 07:0710:5748 min10:570 min15 Nov
Singapore13:07 → 09:3712:256 min12:250 min15 Nov
Sydney16:07 → 12:3712:160 min12:1621 min16 Nov
Suva17:07 → 13:3711:270 min11:2748 min16 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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