Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2022

Wednesday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 287 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 25 October

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 Wednesday 26 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 18:49 on Tue 25 Oct to 17:13 on Wed 26 Oct.

    2022-10-25T10:48:42Z → 2022-10-26T09:12:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 17208 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2022: Wednesday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2022 falls on Wednesday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 18:49 on Tue 25 Oct to 17:13 on Wed 26 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:49 → 02:1312:1348 min12:130 min25 Oct
Chicago05:49 → 04:1312:1048 min12:100 min25 Oct
Jersey City06:49 → 05:1312:1648 min12:160 min25 Oct
Port of Spain06:49 → 05:1311:2648 min11:260 min25 Oct
London11:49 → 10:1312:2048 min12:200 min25 Oct
Durban12:49 → 11:1311:160 min11:160 min26 Oct
Dubai14:49 → 13:1311:390 min11:3948 min26 Oct
Delhi16:19 → 14:4311:410 min11:4148 min26 Oct
Kolkata16:19 → 14:4310:570 min10:5648 min26 Oct
Singapore18:49 → 17:1312:250 min12:2548 min26 Oct
Sydney21:49 → 20:1312:160 min12:1548 min26 Oct
Suva22:49 → 21:1311:270 min11:2648 min26 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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