Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2029

Tuesday 6 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 25 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Tuesday 6 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:24:08
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1

Midday of Wednesday 7 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 12:24 on Tue 6 Nov to 08:38 on Wed 7 Nov.

    2029-11-06T04:24:08Z → 2029-11-07T00:38:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 6th, 11:38–12:26 on the 7th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 1 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 85 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2029: Tuesday 6 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2029 falls on Tuesday 6 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:24 on Tue 6 Nov to 08:38 on Wed 7 Nov and covers 1 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 25 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2029/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:24 → 16:3811:1248 min11:120 min6 Nov
Chicago22:24 → 18:3811:1048 min11:100 min6 Nov
Jersey City23:24 → 19:3811:1648 min11:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain00:24 → 20:3811:2648 min11:260 min6 Nov
London04:24 → 00:3811:2048 min11:200 min6 Nov
Durban06:24 → 02:3811:1648 min11:160 min6 Nov
Dubai08:24 → 04:3811:3848 min11:380 min6 Nov
Delhi09:54 → 06:0811:4148 min11:410 min6 Nov
Kolkata09:54 → 06:0810:5648 min10:560 min6 Nov
Singapore12:24 → 08:3812:2448 min12:240 min6 Nov
Sydney15:24 → 11:3812:150 min12:150 min7 Nov
Suva16:24 → 12:3811:260 min11:2648 min7 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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