Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2096

Thursday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 15 November

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

Midday of Friday 16 November

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 11:19:36
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 08:38 on Thu 15 Nov to 11:20 on Fri 16 Nov.

    2096-11-15T00:37:32Z → 2096-11-16T03:19:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 15th, 11:39–12:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 1170 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2096: Thursday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2096 falls on Thursday 15 November. Pratipadā runs from 08:38 on Thu 15 Nov to 11:20 on Fri 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:38 → 19:2011:1448 min11:140 min15 Nov
Chicago18:38 → 21:2011:1148 min11:120 min15 Nov
Jersey City19:38 → 22:2011:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Port of Spain20:38 → 23:2011:2748 min11:270 min15 Nov
London00:38 → 03:2011:2148 min11:210 min15 Nov
Durban02:38 → 05:2011:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Dubai04:38 → 07:2011:4048 min11:400 min15 Nov
Delhi06:08 → 08:5011:4248 min11:420 min15 Nov
Kolkata06:08 → 08:5010:5748 min10:580 min15 Nov
Singapore08:38 → 11:2012:2648 min12:260 min15 Nov
Sydney11:38 → 14:2012:1648 min12:1748 min15 Nov
Suva12:38 → 15:2011:270 min11:2848 min16 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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