Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1900

Saturday 3 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 378 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 2 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:13  13:01 madhyāhna ends
11:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:2513:49

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 3 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:13  13:01 madhyāhna ends
11:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:2513:49

48 of 48 minutes covered

Caturthī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 22:33 on Fri 2 Feb to 19:19 on Sat 3 Feb.

    1900-02-02T14:27:48Z → 1900-02-03T11:13:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:13–13:01 on the 2nd, 12:13–13:01 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 22656 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1900: Saturday 3 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1900 falls on Saturday 3 February. Caturthī runs from 22:33 on Fri 2 Feb to 19:19 on Sat 3 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1900/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Feb
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/ganesha-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturthī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:28 → 03:1411:4348 min11:430 min2 Feb
Chicago08:28 → 05:1411:4148 min11:410 min2 Feb
Jersey City09:28 → 06:1411:4648 min11:470 min2 Feb
Port of Spain10:28 → 07:1411:5648 min11:560 min2 Feb
London14:28 → 11:1411:510 min11:510 min3 Feb
Durban15:58 → 12:4411:160 min11:1648 min3 Feb
Dubai18:09 → 14:5511:500 min11:5048 min3 Feb
Delhi19:49 → 16:3512:020 min12:0248 min3 Feb
Kolkata19:49 → 16:3511:180 min11:1848 min3 Feb
Singapore21:23 → 18:0911:490 min11:5048 min3 Feb
Sydney00:28 → 21:1411:450 min11:4548 min3 Feb
Suva02:23 → 23:0911:510 min11:5148 min3 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
ganesha-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

About Ahargaṇa