Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2041

Friday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 51 minutes.

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 Friday 25 October

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

Midday of Saturday 26 October

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 09:30 on Fri 25 Oct to 10:47 on Sat 26 Oct.

    2041-10-25T01:30:23Z → 2041-10-26T02:47:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 3049 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2041: Friday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2041 falls on Friday 25 October. Pratipadā runs from 09:30 on Fri 25 Oct to 10:47 on Sat 26 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2041/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:30 → 19:4712:1348 min12:130 min25 Oct
Chicago20:30 → 21:4712:1048 min12:100 min25 Oct
Jersey City21:30 → 22:4712:1648 min12:160 min25 Oct
Port of Spain21:30 → 22:4711:2648 min11:260 min25 Oct
London02:30 → 03:4712:2048 min12:200 min25 Oct
Durban03:30 → 04:4711:1648 min11:160 min25 Oct
Dubai05:30 → 06:4711:3948 min11:390 min25 Oct
Delhi07:00 → 08:1711:4148 min11:410 min25 Oct
Kolkata07:00 → 08:1710:5648 min10:560 min25 Oct
Singapore09:30 → 10:4712:2548 min12:250 min25 Oct
Sydney12:30 → 13:4712:1633 min12:1548 min25 Oct
Suva13:30 → 14:4711:270 min11:2648 min26 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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