Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1901

Thursday 24 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 47 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 Wednesday 23 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 24 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī ends 13:41:22
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 16:10 on Wed 23 Jan to 13:41 on Thu 24 Jan.

    1901-01-23T08:09:50Z → 1901-01-24T05:41:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 23rd, 12:06–12:54 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 2814 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1901: Thursday 24 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1901 falls on Thursday 24 January. Caturthī runs from 16:10 on Wed 23 Jan to 13:41 on Thu 24 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 Jan
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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:10 → 21:4111:4148 min11:410 min23 Jan
Chicago02:10 → 23:4111:3948 min11:390 min23 Jan
Jersey City03:10 → 00:4111:4548 min11:450 min23 Jan
Port of Spain04:10 → 01:4111:5448 min11:540 min23 Jan
London08:10 → 05:4111:4948 min11:490 min23 Jan
Durban09:40 → 07:1111:1448 min11:140 min23 Jan
Dubai11:51 → 09:2211:4845 min11:480 min23 Jan
Delhi13:31 → 11:0212:000 min12:000 min24 Jan
Kolkata13:31 → 11:0211:160 min11:160 min24 Jan
Singapore15:05 → 12:3611:470 min11:4848 min24 Jan
Sydney18:10 → 15:4111:430 min11:4348 min24 Jan
Suva20:05 → 17:3611:490 min11:4948 min24 Jan
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

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