Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1903

Sunday 1 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 325 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 Sunday 1 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 2 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 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 05:43 on Sun 1 Feb to 06:43 on Mon 2 Feb.

    1903-01-31T21:43:12Z → 1903-02-01T22:42:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 1st, 12:08–12:56 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 19516 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1903: Sunday 1 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1903 falls on Sunday 1 February. Caturthī runs from 05:43 on Sun 1 Feb to 06:43 on Mon 2 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1903/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:43 → 14:4311:430 min11:4348 min1 Feb
Chicago15:43 → 16:4311:400 min11:4148 min1 Feb
Jersey City16:43 → 17:4311:460 min11:4648 min1 Feb
Port of Spain17:43 → 18:4311:560 min11:5648 min1 Feb
London21:43 → 22:4311:500 min11:5048 min1 Feb
Durban23:13 → 00:1311:150 min11:1548 min1 Feb
Dubai01:24 → 02:2411:490 min11:5048 min1 Feb
Delhi03:04 → 04:0412:020 min12:0248 min1 Feb
Kolkata03:04 → 04:0411:170 min11:1748 min1 Feb
Singapore04:38 → 05:3811:490 min11:4948 min1 Feb
Sydney07:43 → 08:4311:440 min11:4548 min1 Feb
Suva09:38 → 10:3811:510 min11:5148 min1 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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