Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2073

Tuesday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 504 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 31 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 Wednesday 1 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 03:14 on Tue 31 Oct to 23:24 on Tue 31 Oct.

    2073-10-30T19:13:59Z → 2073-10-31T15:23:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 31st, 11:38–12:26 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 30221 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2073: Tuesday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2073 falls on Tuesday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 03:14 on Tue 31 Oct to 23:24 on Tue 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2073/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:14 → 08:2412:1347 min12:130 min30 Oct
Chicago14:14 → 10:2412:100 min12:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City15:14 → 11:2412:160 min12:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain15:14 → 11:2411:260 min11:260 min31 Oct
London19:14 → 15:2411:200 min11:2048 min31 Oct
Durban21:14 → 17:2411:160 min11:1648 min31 Oct
Dubai23:14 → 19:2411:380 min11:3848 min31 Oct
Delhi00:44 → 20:5411:410 min11:4148 min31 Oct
Kolkata00:44 → 20:5410:560 min10:5648 min31 Oct
Singapore03:14 → 23:2412:240 min12:2448 min31 Oct
Sydney06:14 → 02:2412:150 min12:1548 min31 Oct
Suva07:14 → 03:2411:260 min11:2648 min31 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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