Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2035

Wednesday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 44 s.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 31 October

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 10:58:44
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 1 November

Qualifies with 9 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 11:46:13
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

9 of 48 minutes covered, the first 9

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 10:59 on Wed 31 Oct to 11:46 on Thu 1 Nov.

    2035-10-31T02:58:45Z → 2035-11-01T03:46:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 31st, 11:37–12:25 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 9 of 48 on the 1st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 524 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2035: Wednesday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2035 falls on Wednesday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 10:59 on Wed 31 Oct to 11:46 on Thu 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 9 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2035/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 31 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:59 → 20:4612:1248 min12:120 min31 Oct
Chicago21:59 → 22:4612:1048 min12:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City22:59 → 23:4612:1648 min12:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain22:59 → 23:4611:2648 min11:260 min31 Oct
London02:59 → 03:4611:2048 min11:200 min31 Oct
Durban04:59 → 05:4611:1648 min11:160 min31 Oct
Dubai06:59 → 07:4611:3848 min11:380 min31 Oct
Delhi08:29 → 09:1611:4148 min11:400 min31 Oct
Kolkata08:29 → 09:1610:5648 min10:560 min31 Oct
Singapore10:59 → 11:4612:2448 min12:240 min31 Oct
Sydney13:59 → 14:4612:150 min12:1548 min1 Nov
Suva14:59 → 15:4611:260 min11:2648 min1 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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