Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2066

Tuesday 19 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 116 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 Tuesday 19 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 20 October

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

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 09:43 on Tue 19 Oct to 07:45 on Wed 20 Oct.

    2066-10-19T01:43:23Z → 2066-10-19T23:45:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 6934 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2066: Tuesday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2066 falls on Tuesday 19 October. Pratipadā runs from 09:43 on Tue 19 Oct to 07:45 on Wed 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2066/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 19 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:43 → 16:4512:1448 min12:140 min19 Oct
Chicago20:43 → 18:4512:1148 min12:110 min19 Oct
Jersey City21:43 → 19:4512:1748 min12:170 min19 Oct
Port of Spain21:43 → 19:4511:2748 min11:270 min19 Oct
London02:43 → 00:4512:2148 min12:210 min19 Oct
Durban03:43 → 01:4511:1748 min11:170 min19 Oct
Dubai05:43 → 03:4511:4048 min11:390 min19 Oct
Delhi07:13 → 05:1511:4248 min11:420 min19 Oct
Kolkata07:13 → 05:1510:5748 min10:570 min19 Oct
Singapore09:43 → 07:4512:2648 min12:250 min19 Oct
Sydney12:43 → 10:4512:1721 min12:160 min19 Oct
Suva13:43 → 11:4511:280 min11:2718 min20 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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