Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2074

Sunday 21 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 200 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 21 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 19:13 on Sat 20 Oct to 15:46 on Sun 21 Oct.

    2074-10-20T11:12:38Z → 2074-10-21T07:46:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 20th, 11:39–12:27 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 11976 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2074: Sunday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2074 falls on Sunday 21 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:13 on Sat 20 Oct to 15:46 on Sun 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:13 → 00:4612:1448 min12:130 min20 Oct
Chicago06:13 → 02:4612:1148 min12:110 min20 Oct
Jersey City07:13 → 03:4612:1748 min12:170 min20 Oct
Port of Spain07:13 → 03:4611:2748 min11:270 min20 Oct
London12:13 → 08:4612:2148 min12:210 min20 Oct
Durban13:13 → 09:4611:170 min11:170 min21 Oct
Dubai15:13 → 11:4611:400 min11:397 min21 Oct
Delhi16:43 → 13:1611:420 min11:4248 min21 Oct
Kolkata16:43 → 13:1610:570 min10:5748 min21 Oct
Singapore19:13 → 15:4612:260 min12:2548 min21 Oct
Sydney22:13 → 18:4612:160 min12:1648 min21 Oct
Suva23:13 → 19:4611:270 min11:2748 min21 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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