Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1902

Wednesday 12 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 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 Tuesday 11 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 12 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 18:40 on Tue 11 Feb to 17:12 on Wed 12 Feb.

    1902-02-11T10:39:33Z → 1902-02-12T09:11:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 11th, 12:09–12:57 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 15304 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1902: Wednesday 12 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1902 falls on Wednesday 12 February. Caturthī runs from 18:40 on Tue 11 Feb to 17:12 on Wed 12 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:40 → 01:1211:4448 min11:440 min11 Feb
Chicago04:40 → 03:1211:4148 min11:410 min11 Feb
Jersey City05:40 → 04:1211:4748 min11:470 min11 Feb
Port of Spain06:40 → 05:1211:5748 min11:570 min11 Feb
London10:40 → 09:1211:5148 min11:510 min11 Feb
Durban12:10 → 10:4211:160 min11:160 min12 Feb
Dubai14:21 → 12:5311:500 min11:5048 min12 Feb
Delhi16:01 → 14:3312:030 min12:0348 min12 Feb
Kolkata16:01 → 14:3311:180 min11:1848 min12 Feb
Singapore17:35 → 16:0711:500 min11:5048 min12 Feb
Sydney20:40 → 19:1211:450 min11:4548 min12 Feb
Suva22:35 → 21:0711:520 min11:5248 min12 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

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