Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2039

Thursday 17 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 79 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 16 November

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

Midday of Thursday 17 November

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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 13:46 on Wed 16 Nov to 10:20 on Thu 17 Nov.

    2039-11-16T05:46:09Z → 2039-11-17T02:20:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 16th, 11:39–12:27 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 4727 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2039: Thursday 17 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2039 falls on Thursday 17 November. Pratipadā runs from 13:46 on Wed 16 Nov to 10:20 on Thu 17 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2039/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 17 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 17 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:46 → 18:2011:1448 min11:140 min16 Nov
Chicago23:46 → 20:2011:1148 min11:110 min16 Nov
Jersey City00:46 → 21:2011:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Port of Spain01:46 → 22:2011:2748 min11:270 min16 Nov
London05:46 → 02:2011:2148 min11:210 min16 Nov
Durban07:46 → 04:2011:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Dubai09:46 → 06:2011:3948 min11:400 min16 Nov
Delhi11:16 → 07:5011:4248 min11:420 min16 Nov
Kolkata11:16 → 07:5010:5729 min10:570 min16 Nov
Singapore13:46 → 10:2012:250 min12:250 min17 Nov
Sydney16:46 → 13:2012:160 min12:1648 min17 Nov
Suva17:46 → 14:2011:270 min11:2748 min17 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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