Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa) · 2025

Wednesday 22 October

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 minutes.

Decide it for

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23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 21 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 October

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 17:55 on Tue 21 Oct to 20:17 on Wed 22 Oct.

    2025-10-21T12:25:10Z → 2025-10-22T14:47:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 21st, 11:47–12:35 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 19188 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Ujjain, 2025: Wednesday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Govardhana Pūjā 2025 falls on Wednesday 22 October. Pratipadā runs from 17:55 on Tue 21 Oct to 20:17 on Wed 22 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2025/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 Oct
Rashtriya PanchangPrincipal festivals, 2025-26Wed 22 Oct

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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:25 → 07:4712:1348 min12:130 min21 Oct
Chicago07:25 → 09:4712:1148 min12:110 min21 Oct
Jersey City08:25 → 10:4712:1748 min12:160 min21 Oct
Port of Spain08:25 → 10:4711:2748 min11:260 min21 Oct
London13:25 → 15:4712:210 min12:2148 min22 Oct
Durban14:25 → 16:4711:170 min11:1748 min22 Oct
Dubai16:25 → 18:4711:390 min11:3948 min22 Oct
Delhi17:55 → 20:1711:420 min11:4148 min22 Oct
Kolkata17:55 → 20:1710:570 min10:5748 min22 Oct
Singapore20:25 → 22:4712:250 min12:2548 min22 Oct
Sydney23:25 → 01:4712:160 min12:1648 min22 Oct
Suva00:25 → 02:4711:270 min11:2748 min22 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