Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa) · 2026

Monday 9 November

Boundaryin Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 27 s away. Say “contested”.

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 9 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:32:06
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2

Midday of Tuesday 10 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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 12:32 on Mon 9 Nov to 14:01 on Tue 10 Nov.

    2026-11-09T07:02:07Z → 2026-11-10T08:30:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 9th, 11:47–12:35 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 147 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Ujjain, 2026: Monday 9 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Govardhana Pūjā 2026 falls on Monday 9 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:32 on Mon 9 Nov to 14:01 on Tue 10 Nov and covers 2 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 27 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 Nov
Rashtriya PanchangPrincipal festivals, 2026-27Mon 9 Nov

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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:02 → 00:3111:1348 min11:130 min9 Nov
Chicago01:02 → 02:3111:1048 min11:100 min9 Nov
Jersey City02:02 → 03:3111:1648 min11:160 min9 Nov
Port of Spain03:02 → 04:3111:2648 min11:260 min9 Nov
London07:02 → 08:3111:2048 min11:200 min9 Nov
Durban09:02 → 10:3111:1648 min11:160 min9 Nov
Dubai11:02 → 12:3111:3848 min11:3948 min9 Nov
Delhi12:32 → 14:0111:410 min11:4148 min10 Nov
Kolkata12:32 → 14:0110:560 min10:5648 min10 Nov
Singapore15:02 → 16:3112:240 min12:2448 min10 Nov
Sydney18:02 → 19:3112:150 min12:1548 min10 Nov
Suva19:02 → 20:3111:260 min11:2648 min10 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