Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2028

Wednesday 18 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 42 minutes.

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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 Wednesday 18 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 10:56:49
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 19 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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 10:57 on Wed 18 Oct to 07:31 on Thu 19 Oct.

    2028-10-18T02:56:49Z → 2028-10-18T23:31:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 18th, 11:39–12:27 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 2530 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2028: Wednesday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2028 falls on Wednesday 18 October. Pratipadā runs from 10:57 on Wed 18 Oct to 07:31 on Thu 19 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 18 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:57 → 16:3112:1448 min12:140 min18 Oct
Chicago21:57 → 18:3112:1148 min12:110 min18 Oct
Jersey City22:57 → 19:3112:1748 min12:170 min18 Oct
Port of Spain22:57 → 19:3111:2748 min11:270 min18 Oct
London03:57 → 00:3112:2148 min12:210 min18 Oct
Durban04:57 → 01:3111:1748 min11:170 min18 Oct
Dubai06:57 → 03:3111:4048 min11:400 min18 Oct
Delhi08:27 → 05:0111:4248 min11:420 min18 Oct
Kolkata08:27 → 05:0110:5848 min10:570 min18 Oct
Singapore10:57 → 07:3112:2648 min12:260 min18 Oct
Sydney13:57 → 10:3112:170 min12:160 min19 Oct
Suva14:57 → 11:3111:280 min11:274 min19 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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