Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2042

Thursday 13 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 299 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 13 November

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 Friday 14 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 04:28 on Thu 13 Nov to 06:40 on Fri 14 Nov.

    2042-11-12T20:28:30Z → 2042-11-13T22:39:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 13th, 11:38–12:26 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 17923 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2042: Thursday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2042 falls on Thursday 13 November. Pratipadā runs from 04:28 on Thu 13 Nov to 06:40 on Fri 14 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:28 → 14:4011:130 min11:1348 min13 Nov
Chicago14:28 → 16:4011:110 min11:1148 min13 Nov
Jersey City15:28 → 17:4011:160 min11:1648 min13 Nov
Port of Spain16:28 → 18:4011:260 min11:2648 min13 Nov
London20:28 → 22:4011:200 min11:2148 min13 Nov
Durban22:28 → 00:4011:160 min11:1648 min13 Nov
Dubai00:28 → 02:4011:390 min11:3948 min13 Nov
Delhi01:58 → 04:1011:410 min11:4148 min13 Nov
Kolkata01:58 → 04:1010:570 min10:5748 min13 Nov
Singapore04:28 → 06:4012:250 min12:2548 min13 Nov
Sydney07:28 → 09:4012:160 min12:1648 min13 Nov
Suva08:28 → 10:4011:270 min11:2748 min13 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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