Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2044

Friday 21 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 239 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 21 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 22 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 07:37 on Fri 21 Oct to 07:39 on Sat 22 Oct.

    2044-10-20T23:36:31Z → 2044-10-21T23:39:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 21st, 11:38–12:26 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 14345 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2044: Friday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2044 falls on Friday 21 October. Pratipadā runs from 07:37 on Fri 21 Oct to 07:39 on Sat 22 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:37 → 16:3912:130 min12:1348 min21 Oct
Chicago18:37 → 18:3912:110 min12:1148 min21 Oct
Jersey City19:37 → 19:3912:170 min12:1748 min21 Oct
Port of Spain19:37 → 19:3911:270 min11:2748 min21 Oct
London00:37 → 00:3912:210 min12:2148 min21 Oct
Durban01:37 → 01:3911:170 min11:1748 min21 Oct
Dubai03:37 → 03:3911:390 min11:3948 min21 Oct
Delhi05:07 → 05:0911:420 min11:4148 min21 Oct
Kolkata05:07 → 05:0910:570 min10:5748 min21 Oct
Singapore07:37 → 07:3912:250 min12:2548 min21 Oct
Sydney10:37 → 10:3912:160 min12:1648 min21 Oct
Suva11:37 → 11:3911:270 min11:2739 min21 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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