Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa) · 2021

Friday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 383 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 Friday 5 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 6 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 05:15 on Fri 5 Nov to 01:45 on Sat 6 Nov.

    2021-11-04T21:14:37Z → 2021-11-05T17:45:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 5th, 11:38–12:26 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 22973 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2021: Friday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2021 falls on Friday 5 November. Pratipadā runs from 05:15 on Fri 5 Nov to 01:45 on Sat 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2021/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:15 → 10:4512:120 min12:120 min5 Nov
Chicago16:15 → 12:4512:100 min12:1035 min5 Nov
Jersey City17:15 → 13:4512:160 min12:1648 min5 Nov
Port of Spain17:15 → 13:4511:260 min11:2648 min5 Nov
London21:15 → 17:4511:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban23:15 → 19:4511:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai01:15 → 21:4511:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi02:45 → 23:1511:400 min11:4048 min5 Nov
Kolkata02:45 → 23:1510:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore05:15 → 01:4512:240 min12:2448 min5 Nov
Sydney08:15 → 04:4512:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva09:15 → 05:4511:260 min11:2648 min5 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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