Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2079

Wednesday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 487 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 25 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 Thursday 26 October

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 02:21 on Wed 25 Oct to 03:31 on Thu 26 Oct.

    2079-10-24T18:20:46Z → 2079-10-25T19:31:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 25th, 11:38–12:26 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 29213 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2079: Wednesday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2079 falls on Wednesday 25 October. Pratipadā runs from 02:21 on Wed 25 Oct to 03:31 on Thu 26 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2079/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:21 → 12:3112:1348 min12:1318 min24 Oct
Chicago13:21 → 14:3112:110 min12:1148 min25 Oct
Jersey City14:21 → 15:3112:160 min12:1648 min25 Oct
Port of Spain14:21 → 15:3111:260 min11:2648 min25 Oct
London19:21 → 20:3112:200 min12:2048 min25 Oct
Durban20:21 → 21:3111:160 min11:1648 min25 Oct
Dubai22:21 → 23:3111:390 min11:3948 min25 Oct
Delhi23:51 → 01:0111:410 min11:4148 min25 Oct
Kolkata23:51 → 01:0110:570 min10:5748 min25 Oct
Singapore02:21 → 03:3112:250 min12:2548 min25 Oct
Sydney05:21 → 06:3112:160 min12:1648 min25 Oct
Suva06:21 → 07:3111:270 min11:2748 min25 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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