Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 2097

Monday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 25 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 Monday 4 November

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 Tuesday 5 November

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā ends 11:13:11
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 10:10 on Mon 4 Nov to 11:13 on Tue 5 Nov.

    2097-11-04T02:10:27Z → 2097-11-05T03:13:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 4th, 11:38–12:26 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 1478 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 2097: Monday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 2097 falls on Monday 4 November. Pratipadā runs from 10:10 on Mon 4 Nov to 11:13 on Tue 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2097/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 4 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:10 → 19:1311:1348 min11:130 min4 Nov
Chicago20:10 → 21:1311:1048 min11:100 min4 Nov
Jersey City21:10 → 22:1311:1648 min11:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain22:10 → 23:1311:2648 min11:260 min4 Nov
London02:10 → 03:1311:2048 min11:200 min4 Nov
Durban04:10 → 05:1311:1648 min11:160 min4 Nov
Dubai06:10 → 07:1311:3948 min11:390 min4 Nov
Delhi07:40 → 08:4311:4148 min11:410 min4 Nov
Kolkata07:40 → 08:4310:5648 min10:560 min4 Nov
Singapore10:10 → 11:1312:2448 min12:240 min4 Nov
Sydney13:10 → 14:1312:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva14:10 → 15:1311:260 min11:2648 min5 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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