Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2023

Tuesday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 281 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 13 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 Tuesday 14 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 17:27 on Mon 13 Nov to 17:07 on Tue 14 Nov.

    2023-11-13T09:27:24Z → 2023-11-14T09:06:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 13th, 11:38–12:26 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 16835 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2023: Tuesday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2023 falls on Tuesday 14 November. Pratipadā runs from 17:27 on Mon 13 Nov to 17:07 on Tue 14 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2023/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:27 → 01:0711:1348 min11:130 min13 Nov
Chicago03:27 → 03:0711:1148 min11:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City04:27 → 04:0711:1648 min11:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain05:27 → 05:0711:2648 min11:260 min13 Nov
London09:27 → 09:0711:2048 min11:210 min13 Nov
Durban11:27 → 11:0711:1637 min11:160 min13 Nov
Dubai13:27 → 13:0711:390 min11:3948 min14 Nov
Delhi14:57 → 14:3711:410 min11:4148 min14 Nov
Kolkata14:57 → 14:3710:570 min10:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore17:27 → 17:0712:250 min12:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney20:27 → 20:0712:160 min12:1648 min14 Nov
Suva21:27 → 21:0711:270 min11:2748 min14 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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