Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2068

Friday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 07 s.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 26 October

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

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:17:49
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

8 of 48 minutes covered, the last 8

Midday of Saturday 27 October

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 12:18 on Fri 26 Oct to 14:19 on Sat 27 Oct.

    2068-10-26T04:17:49Z → 2068-10-27T06:18:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 26th, 11:38–12:26 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 8 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 487 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2068: Friday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2068 falls on Friday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 12:18 on Fri 26 Oct to 14:19 on Sat 27 Oct and covers 8 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:18 → 23:1912:1348 min12:130 min26 Oct
Chicago23:18 → 01:1912:1048 min12:100 min26 Oct
Jersey City00:18 → 02:1912:1648 min12:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain00:18 → 02:1911:2648 min11:260 min26 Oct
London05:18 → 07:1912:2048 min12:200 min26 Oct
Durban06:18 → 08:1911:1648 min11:160 min26 Oct
Dubai08:18 → 10:1911:3948 min11:390 min26 Oct
Delhi09:48 → 11:4911:4148 min11:418 min26 Oct
Kolkata09:48 → 11:4910:5648 min10:5648 min26 Oct
Singapore12:18 → 14:1912:2548 min12:2548 min26 Oct
Sydney15:18 → 17:1912:150 min12:1548 min27 Oct
Suva16:18 → 18:1911:260 min11:2648 min27 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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