Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2061

Saturday 12 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 18 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Saturday 12 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 11:40:28
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

46 of 48 minutes covered, the last 46

Midday of Sunday 13 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

48 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 11:40 on Sat 12 Nov to 13:56 on Sun 13 Nov.

    2061-11-12T03:40:28Z → 2061-11-13T05:56:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 46 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 138 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2061: Saturday 12 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2061 falls on Saturday 12 November. Pratipadā runs from 11:40 on Sat 12 Nov to 13:56 on Sun 13 Nov and covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 18 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 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 Angeles19:40 → 21:5611:1348 min11:130 min12 Nov
Chicago21:40 → 23:5611:1148 min11:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City22:40 → 00:5611:1648 min11:170 min12 Nov
Port of Spain23:40 → 01:5611:2648 min11:260 min12 Nov
London03:40 → 05:5611:2048 min11:210 min12 Nov
Durban05:40 → 07:5611:1648 min11:160 min12 Nov
Dubai07:40 → 09:5611:3948 min11:390 min12 Nov
Delhi09:10 → 11:2611:4148 min11:410 min12 Nov
Kolkata09:10 → 11:2610:5748 min10:5729 min12 Nov
Singapore11:40 → 13:5612:2548 min12:2548 min12 Nov
Sydney14:40 → 16:5612:160 min12:1648 min13 Nov
Suva15:40 → 17:5611:270 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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