Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2072

Thursday 10 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 57 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 Thursday 10 November

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:22:04
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

4 of 48 minutes covered, the last 4

Midday of Friday 11 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 12:22 on Thu 10 Nov to 10:07 on Fri 11 Nov.

    2072-11-10T04:22:04Z → 2072-11-11T02:07:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 10th, 11:38–12:26 on the 11th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 4 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 237 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2072: Thursday 10 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2072 falls on Thursday 10 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:22 on Thu 10 Nov to 10:07 on Fri 11 Nov and covers 4 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 57 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2072/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:22 → 18:0711:1348 min11:130 min10 Nov
Chicago22:22 → 20:0711:1148 min11:110 min10 Nov
Jersey City23:22 → 21:0711:1648 min11:160 min10 Nov
Port of Spain00:22 → 22:0711:2648 min11:260 min10 Nov
London04:22 → 02:0711:2048 min11:200 min10 Nov
Durban06:22 → 04:0711:1648 min11:160 min10 Nov
Dubai08:22 → 06:0711:3948 min11:390 min10 Nov
Delhi09:52 → 07:3711:4148 min11:410 min10 Nov
Kolkata09:52 → 07:3710:5748 min10:570 min10 Nov
Singapore12:22 → 10:0712:2548 min12:250 min10 Nov
Sydney15:22 → 13:0712:150 min12:1648 min11 Nov
Suva16:22 → 14:0711:260 min11:2748 min11 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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